Episodes
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Economic Update - Libertarianism, Capitalism and Socialism
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Friday Dec 13, 2019
Libertarians defend capitalism by saying its many current flaws/faults flow from the state's economic interventions, not from the system itself. Libertarians oppose socialism as even more state-dominated. We criticize libertarians based on capitalism's long history of strong state interventions and socialism's long-standing anarchistic components. We conclude by inviting consideration of possible agreements between some libertarians and some socialists.
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