Political Economy, Socialism, and the Myth of Sharing

Savings jar with growing green sprout

For too many Americans, socialism and communism are no longer associated with central planning, coercion, or economic depression. They have been successfully marketed as moral impulses of fairness, compassion, and sharing. A kinder alternative to the harshness of markets. What is lost in this framing is that these systems are not about generosity between people,…

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