A short yet hard-hitting indictment of the economic and political repression that so often follows from attempts to structure a society around Marxist ideology and centralized economic planning.
Phillip W. Magness
Phil Magness is a Senior Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of numerous works on economic history, taxation, economic inequality, the history of slavery, and education policy in the United States.
Fact Checking the New York Times’ 1619 Project and Its Critics
Was the American Revolution fought in defense of slavery? Was Abraham Lincoln a racial colonizationist or exaggerated egalitarian? Did slavery drive America’s economic growth and the emergence of American Capitalism? Did the 1619 Project seek adequate scholarly guidance in preparing its work?
1619 Project “New History” of Capitalism Collapses Under Scrutiny
Far from representing non-white scholarly voices and introducing challenges to a previously stagnant historiography of slavery, the NHC school is actually a stunning embodiment of everything it charges against its critics.
Why Free-Market Economists and Historians Should Study Karl Marx
Karl Marx’s stubborn political staying power also requires that we grapple with his theory in an intelligent fashion and that we engage him seriously even if we judge his conclusions wanting.
The Dark Side In the History of the Swedish Welfare State
There’s a neglected dark side to the Swedish welfare model that its “democratic socialist” admirers seldom mention.
Capitalism vs. Slavery
Similarities between slavery and socialism, and indeed the aggressive anti-capitalist rhetoric of proslavery ideology, are seldom examined in the “New History of Capitalism” literature.
How Capitalist-Abolitionists Fought Slavery
Interest in the history of American capitalism is on the rise, although curiously this line of study is being advanced for anticapitalistic ideological reasons.
How Universities Misuse Donor Dollars
As long as universities continue to misrepresent how they use philanthropic gifts, philanthropists will remain wary of the high potential for misuse that accompanies large donations.
Climate Activism: An Ideology in Search of a Justification
Thirty years ago, environmentalist policies were intended to prevent us from running out of fossil fuels. Now it’s a case of having too much fossil fuel for the environment to handle.
The Pinochet Slur Against Free Market Scholars: Academic Repetition of a Lie
In each and every case, the aforementioned authors carelessly repeat a claim that they want to believe and that affirms their political priors. No effort is made to check sources or investigate whether the claim itself is reputable.
New Evidence that Soaring Inequality is a Myth
How a political push to justify increased taxation has afflicted the entire economic inequality debate.
The Mythology Behind The Dishonest “New History of Capitalism” Slavery Smear
Edward Baptist, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and others of the “New History of Capitalism” demonstrate their ignorance in their dishonest attempts to associate American capitalism with slavery.
