Bibliograph

The case against socialism, Rand Paul ; with Kelley Ashby Paul

Type

Label

The case against socialism, Rand Paul ; with Kelley Ashby Paul

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The case against socialism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1088204379

Responsibility statement

Rand Paul ; with Kelley Ashby Paul

Summary

"Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America's most prominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the impact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I: Because eating your pets is overrated-socialism creates poverty -- Chapter 1: Socialism destroyed Venezuela's once vibrant economy -- Chapter 2: Socialism rewards corruption -- Chapter 3: Interfering with free markets causes shortages -- Chapter 4: Capitalism is the more moral system -- Chapter 5: Capitalism benefits the middle class -- Chapter 6: Income inequality does not ruin the economy or corrupt the government -- Chapter 7: Under capitalism, the 1 percent is always changing -- Chapter 8: The poor are better off under capitalism -- Part II: Capitalism makes Scandinavia great -- Chapter 9: Bernie's socialism also includes praise for dictators -- Chapter 10: Today's American socialists don't know what socialism means -- Chapter 11: Bernie Sanders is too liberal to get elected in Denmark -- Chapter 12: No, Bernie, Scandinavia is not socialist -- Chapter 13: Sweden's riches actually come from capitalism -- Chapter 14: The Nordic model is welfarism, not socialism -- Chapter 15: Sweden is shrinking taxes and welfare -- Chapter 16: Welfarism requires high middle-class taxes -- Chapter 17: American Scandinavians have it better here than in Scandinavia -- Chapter 18: Swedish college is free, but it's not cheap or universal -- Part III: A boot stamping on the human face forever-socialism and authoritarianism -- Chapter 19: Socialism becomes authoritarianism -- Chapter 20: Hitler was a socialist -- Chapter 21: The Nazis hated capitalism -- Chapter 22: The Nazis didn't believe in private property -- Chapter 23: Socialism encourages eugenics -- Chapter 24: Your degree of enthusiasm for socialism may decide whether you live or die -- Part IV: Socialism doesn't create equality -- Chapter 25: Socialism promises equality and leads to tyranny -- Chapter 26: All aspects of culture eventually become targets for the planners -- Chapter 27: If no one has to work, no one will -- Chapter 28: The cure for failed socialism is always more socialism -- Chapter 29: Poetry can be dangerous under socialism -- Chapter 30: It's not socialism without purges -- Part V: Where are these angels? The philosophy of socialism -- Chapter 31: Socialism expects selfless rulers and citizens -- Chapter 32: Progress comes from rebels and dreamers -- Chapter 33: Freedom is not the inevitable outcome of history and must be protected -- Part VI: Never let a crisis go to waste: socialism and alarmism -- Chapter 34: Socialism leads to cronyism -- Chapter 35: If socialists can't find a crisis, they will create one -- Chapter 36: Socialism and climate change alarmism go together -- Chapter 37: Socialist green new deal allows for no dissent -- Chapter 38: Fake news and propaganda on the rise in America -- Chapter 39: Welcome to the Panopticon: FaceCrime, PreCrime, and the surveillance state -- Afterword: finding common ground

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor