The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism

Stalinâ€™s gulag, impoverished North Korea, collapsing Cuba...itâ€™s hard to name a dogma that has failed as spectacularly as socialism. And yet leaders around the world continue to subject millions of people to this dysfunctional, violence-prone ideology.

In The Politically Incorrect Guideâ„¢ to Socialism, Kevin Williamson reveals the fatal flaw of socialismÂ—that efficient, complex economies simply canâ€™t be centrally planned. But even in America, that hasnâ€™t stopped politicians and bureaucrats from planning, to various extents, the most vital sectors of our economy: public education, energy, and the most arrogant centralÂ–planning effort of them all, Obamaâ€™s healthcare plan.

In this provocative book, Williamson unfolds the grim history of socialism, showing how the ideology has spawned crushing poverty, devastating famines, and horrific wars. Lumbering from one crisis to the next, leaving a trail of economic devastation and environmental catastrophe, socialism has wreaked more havoc, caused more deaths, and impoverished more people than any other ideology in historyÂ—especially when you include the victims of fascism, which Williamson notes is simply a variant of socialism.

Williamson further demonstrates:

Why, contrary to popular belief, socialism in theory is no better than socialism in practice
Why socialism canâ€™t exist without capitalism
How the energy powerhouse of Venezuela, under socialism, has become an economic basket case subject to rationing and blackouts
How socialism, not British colonialism, plunged the bountiful economy of India into stagnation and dysfunctionÂ—and how capitalism is rescuing it
Why socialism is inextricably linked to communism

If you thought socialism went into the dustbin of history with the collapse of the Soviet Union, think again. Socialism is alive and kicking, and itâ€™s already spread further than you know.
Country USA
Brand Regnery Publishing
Manufacturer Regnery
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2011-01-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781596986497

Country	USA
Brand	Regnery Publishing
Manufacturer	Regnery
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2011-01-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781596986497

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Socialism

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