The Free Market 29, no. 7 (Fall 2011) Fascism is the system of government that cartelizes the private sector, centrally plans the economy to subsidize producers, exalts the police state as the source of order, denies fundamental rights and liberties to individuals, and makes the executive state the unlimited master of society. This describes
When the Egyptian protests first broke out, most Americans celebrated. Though Mubarak’s military must still be circumvented or overthrown, the revolt has spread, like a cleansing fire, to Bahrain, Libya, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Jordan, and beyond. What is all this all about? Thanks to Western rule since WWI, this is a region of dictators and
The violence perpetuated by Anders Behring Breivik in Norway unleashed the usual torrent of blaming anyone who might have influenced the murderer’s thought. He was first described as a right-wing Christian — a description designed to put a certain community on notice. As more evidence rolled in, he has been more accurately described as an
The Free Market 29, no. 7 (otoño 2011) Fascismo es el sistema de gobierno que carteliza el sector privado, planifica centralmente la economía para subvencionar a los productores, exalta el estado policial como fuente de orden, niega los derechos y libertades fundamentales a los individuos y hace del estado ejecutivo el amo ilimitado de la
La violencia perpetrada por Anders Behring Breivik en Noruega ha desatado el torrente usual de echar la culpa a todo el que pudiera haber influido en el pensamiento del asesino. Fue descrito primero como un cristiano derechista, una descripción pensada para poner sobre aviso a cierta comunidad. A medida que aparecían más pruebas, se le ha descrito
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