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Why Americans Favor Free-Market Capitalism Over Big Government Socialism

Why Americans Favor Free-Market Capitalism Over Big Government Socialism
General George S. Patton, a portrait by Boleslaw Jan Czedekowski. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
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Our recent survey that showed “free-market capitalism” was favored by 59 percent to 16 percent over “big government socialism” came as a shock to some in the establishment. Many were convinced socialism was gaining favor, and we had to spend our time apologizing for capitalism as it declined.

Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
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Newt Gingrich is an author, commentator, and former Georgia congressman who was the 50th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He ran as a presidential Republican candidate in 2012.
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