The Socialist Temptation
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The Socialist Temptation

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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The Socialist Temptation

About this book

IT'S BACK! Just thirty years ago, socialism seemed utterly discredited.An economic, moral, and political failure, socialism had rightly been thrown on the ash heap of history after the fall of the Berlin Wall.Unfortunately, bad ideas never truly go away—and socialism has come back with a vengeance.A generation of young people who don't remember the misery that socialism inflicted on Russia and Eastern Europe is embracing it all over again. Oblivious to the unexampled prosperity capitalism has showered upon them, they are demanding utopia.In his provocative new book, The Socialist Temptation, Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute explains:

  • Why the socialist temptation is suddenly so powerful among young people
  • That even when socialism doesn't usher in a bloody tyranny (as, for example, in the Soviet Union, China, and Venezuela), it still makes everyone poor and miserable
  • Why under the relatively benign democractic socialism of Murray's youth in pre-Thatcher Britain, he had to do his homework by candlelight
  • That the Scandinavian economies are not really socialist at all
  • The inconsistencies in socialist thought that prevent it from ever working in practice
  • How we can show young people the sorry truth about socialism and turn the tide of history against this destructive pipe dream


Sprightly, convincing, and original, The Socialist Temptation is a powerful warning that the resurgence of socialism could rob us of our freedom and prosperity.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Foreword
  5. Trigger Warning
  6. Part One: Socialism: A Myth That Refuses to Die
  7. Part Two: Can Socialism Deliver a Fair Society?
  8. Part Three: Does Socialism Free the Individual?
  9. Part Four: Can Socialism Sustain Communities?
  10. Part Five: Socialism: A Temptation America Can’t Afford to Indulge
  11. Afterword
  12. Acknowledgements
  13. About the Author
  14. Notes
  15. Index
  16. Copyright

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