Chapter Nine, Part I: The Communist Economic Trap (UPDATED)

The specter of communism did not disappear with the disintegration of the Communist Party in Eastern Europe

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Table of Contents

Introduction

1. State Ownership and Planned Economies: Systems of Slavery

a. State Ownership: A Totalitarian Yoke b. Economic Planning: Destined to Fail

2. Western Countries: Practicing Communism by Another Name

a. High Taxes and Welfare b. Aggressive Economic Interventionism in Western Countries c. How Socialist Economics Leads to Communist Totalitarianism

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