Two months ago, it was widely reported that Poland could economically overtake the UK by 2030. This was not the … Continue reading “Book review: “The road to socialism and back. An economic history of Poland, 1939-2019” by Peter J. Boettke, Konstantin Zhukov and Matthew Mitchel (Part 1)”

Our colleagues at the Fraser Institute in Canada, in cooperation with the Foundation for Teaching Economics in the US, the … Continue reading “What do British Millennials and Zoomers mean by “socialism”?”

What is socialism? If we go by the dictionary, this seems like a very straightforward and unambiguous matter. Merriam-Webster defines … Continue reading “What “socialism” means – and why it matters”

In his 1953 essay The Hedgehog and the Fox, the philosopher and political theorist Isaiah Berlin talked about what he saw … Continue reading “Of socialist hedgehogs and liberal foxes”

Today marks the 69th anniversary of the beginning of the East German uprising of 1953. It was the first of … Continue reading “What Bertolt Brecht had in common with today’s Millennial Socialists”

It has been three years since the release of my book Socialism – The Failed Idea That Never Dies. Since … Continue reading “Socialism – three years on”

Last month, Instagram influencer and fashion entrepreneur Molly-Mae Hague appeared on a podcast on business-related issues. She made a fairly … Continue reading “How the Great Awokening has absorbed Millennial Socialism (or vice versa?)”

When this blog was launched over a decade ago, most of my articles were rebuttals of the latest nonsense I … Continue reading ““Yet you participate in society”: in defence of “Mr Gotcha””

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”