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Journalism’s Role in Reducing Ignorance About Socialism

Journalism’s Role in Reducing Ignorance About Socialism
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks during a news conference on better wages for workers, on Capitol Hill Oct. 6, 2015 in Washington, DC. Mark Wilson/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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One of the most important issues of our time is the choice between capitalism and socialism. The cluelessness of millions of Americans about this topic is appalling and frightening. It’s appalling because the evidence that socialism leads to economic impoverishment is overwhelming. It’s frightening because if we take the socialist path, the results will be as destructive here as they have been wherever socialism has been tried.
Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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