Archive: Benjamin Powell
Democratic Socialism: Straight Talk about Twisted Facts
The term “socialism" meant/means something different to Marx, Lenin, and economists like us who seriously study economic systems.
Those Shaming Amazon about Bangladeshi Factories Should Be Ashamed of Themselves
In reality, these jobs provide millions of Bangladeshis the opportunity to escape extreme poverty.
China’s Crackdown on Think Tank Illustrates Importance of Hong Kong Protests
Economic, civil, and political freedoms usually go together.
Many Millennial ‘Socialists’ Aren’t Socialists
Only a small percentage of students correctly identify socialism as an economic system that abolishes private property in the major factors of production.
Democratic Socialism Newspeak
A national debate would be more productive if both Sanders and his critics were clearer on the definition of socialism.
The Insanity of the Push for Rent Control
The nationwide retreat of rent control was consistent with the thrust of decades of economic research, and the new controls fly in the face of that research.