Religious anti-Semitism and economic anti-Semitism Antisemitism is much older than anti-capitalism. In her dissertation Antisemitismus im Lichte der modernen Vorurteilsforschung … Continue reading “On anti-capitalism and anti-Semitism”

…continued from Part 3   The invisible hand Smith is often criticised today for highlighting the importance of self-interest. He … Continue reading “Adam Smith’s 300th birthday: the market economy as the only effective tool to fight poverty (Part 4)”

…continued from Part 2. This article is based on a lecture Dr Zitelmann gave at the German Bundestag on 12 June.  … Continue reading “Adam Smith’s 300th birthday: the market economy as the only effective tool to fight poverty (Part 3)”

…continued from Part 1 This article is based on a lecture Dr Zitelmann gave at the German Bundestag on 12 … Continue reading “Adam Smith’s 300th birthday: the market economy as the only effective tool to fight poverty (Part 2)”

This article is based on a lecture Dr Zitelmann gave at the German Bundestag on 12 June.    We know … Continue reading “Adam Smith’s 300th birthday: the market economy as the only effective tool to fight poverty (Part 1)”

The Index of Economic Freedom, which is compiled every year by the Heritage Foundation, shows that the most capitalist countries … Continue reading “The decline in poverty and the increase in the number of billionaires go hand in hand”

The intellectual comeback of socialism After every single socialist experiment without exception failed over the past 100 years, it should … Continue reading “The socialist renaissance continues unabated”

As recently as 1981, 88 percent of the Chinese population was living in extreme poverty; today it is less than … Continue reading “Explaining China’s economic miracle”

Many so-called climate change activists are not really concerned about the climate and the environment. No, for them, these are … Continue reading “To anti-capitalists, climate change is just a pretext for a planned economy”

Most people believe that capitalism is to blame for climate change and environmental degradation. But numerous scientific studies have arrived … Continue reading “Capitalism is good for the environment”

At first glance, it is an argument that seems to make sense – and it would be crazy to oppose: … Continue reading “The fairy tale of the “finite planet””

In their 1992 book Ecocide in the USSR, Murray Feshbach and Alfred Friendly Jr. stated that “no other industrial civilisation … Continue reading “Book review: “Midnight in Chernobyl – The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster” by Adam Higginbotham”

In the past 100 years, there have been attempts to build socialist societies in at least 24 countries around the … Continue reading “Peru: the next experiment in Marxism-Leninism?”

June 22 marked the 80th anniversary of Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. The assault was largely influenced by economic … Continue reading “The economics behind “Operation Barbarossa””

Since the dawn of anti-capitalism, the free-market system’s opponents have been waiting for the great crisis that will bring about … Continue reading “Corona crisis – have hopes for the end of capitalism been dashed?”

While many American cities are sinking under a wave of violence, the airwaves are, understandably, dominated by talk of racism … Continue reading “The economic dimension of prejudice”

All around the world, anti-capitalists are currently united in the hope that the crisis unleashed by the coronavirus could finally … Continue reading “Beware the “Coronfirmation Bias” of socialist intellectuals”

At most universities – and above all in their humanities faculties – capitalism is a dirty word. It has very … Continue reading “Why intellectuals are so upset by the “injustices” of capitalism”

Economist and inequality guru Thomas Piketty, who advised the former French Prime Minister Francois Hollande on the introduction of his … Continue reading “Are tax rates in excess of 100% making a comeback?”

At first glance, the assertion in this article’s headline may seem unfair. After all, aren’t anti-capitalist activists widely regarded as … Continue reading “Anti-capitalists don’t care about the fate of the world’s poorest countries”