Commentary

Socialist Paradises? More Scandinavians Migrate to America Than Vice-Versa

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, June 09 2016

Beyond the intrinsic merit of human freedom itself, free market economies bring greater prosperity and well-being to mankind than their alternatives. Socialism's history, in contrast, remains one of comparative misery, material deprivation and brute oppression under the force of government. That record isn't coincidental or statistically insignificant, given the sheer number of times socialism has been attempted in all corners of the world, in nations of all sizes and in a wide variety of circumstances. Comparative failure and deprivation are simply inherent in socialism itself. …

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