The Sorrell College's Johnson Center for Political Economy will sponsor a debate on socialism versus capitalism on Wednesday. (TROY archives)
Those of us old enough to remember the fall of the Berlin Wall and the breakup of the Soviet Union probably thought we had seen the last of socialism. The idea of government planning of an economy, once billed as “scientific socialism,” seemed consigned to the dustbin of history.
Times certainly have changed. Self-described socialist…
The Sorrell College's Johnson Center for Political Economy hosts a socialism vs. capitalism debate on April 10.
Troy University’s Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy will explore the rebirth of socialism in the United States with “Socialism vs. Capitalism: A Debate” on Wednesday, April 10.
Featuring George Mason University professor Bryan Caplan, author of “The Myth of the Rational Voter,” and Penn State University professor John Marsh, author of “Class Dismissed:…
President Lyndon Johnson signs the Medicare bill in 1965. (Photo/White House)
Democrats are calling the newest single-payer healthcare proposals “Medicare for All.” America has three major systems of government healthcare: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans’ Administration (VA). Is a single-payer system more likely to resemble Medicare or Medicaid?
President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society established Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 to cover elderly Americans and the poor…
Alabamians will higher taxes as the gas pump to pay for infrastructure improvements. (Wikimedia/Tony Webster)
Taxes, Roads, and Limited Government
The Alabama legislature kicked off its new term with a special session to increase the gas tax, a result which seemed foreordained. Nonetheless, the gas tax raises interesting economic and political considerations.
Our gas tax is currently just under 21 cents a gallon, which ranks 41stnationally according to the Tax…
