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Is Today's Capitalism Different From Our Grandfather's Capitalism
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Clarity Please Conservatives
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Republicans are socialists
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Why is capitalism good and socialism evil?
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Mises vs. Marx Capitalism vs. Socialism
I saw Marx mentioned in a thread and then by chance stumbled across this site: misesvsmarx.aier.org - The March of History Of course, I admit it appealed to me because it leans my way, but it does have some good basic information if you are interested in the Marx/Socialism issue but don't want to...