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The goal of democratic socialists is socialism—government control of economic production. Genuine socialism, when practiced, inevitably leads to economic stagnation and ruin for the following reasons:
Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25, 2016. Bernie Sanders promotes and his supporters believe in democratic socialism. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
Mark Hendrickson
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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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