Socialism at Its Best, by Paul L. Poirot, THE FREEMAN

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Socialism at Its Best

by Paul L. Poirot

The Freeman, July 1957, pp. 18-23

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    2. "If We Behave Wisely" by W.C. Mullendore, pp. 4-10
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    4. Why Wages Rise by F.A. Harper, pp. 13-21
    5. How Poor the Farmer? by Herbert L. Schaller, pp. 22-23
    6. The Morality of Capitalism by W.H. Chamberlin, pp. 24-30
    7. World Invisible by Diogenes, pp. 31-33
    8. Our Four Great Faiths by W.G. Vollmer, pp. 34-38
    9. Equality Re-examined by Reginald Jebb, pp. 39-41
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    February 1957 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Welfare States at War by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 2-8
    2. When Lincoln Was a Boy by Samuel B. Pettengill, pp. 9-10
    3. Our Mechanistic Age by Charles A. Lindbergh, pp. 11-13
    4. Philosophy Through the Bars by F.A. Harper, pp. 14-19
    5. Two Kinds of Inflation by Henry Hazlitt, pp. 20-21
    6. The Cost of Depreciating Money, pp. 22-24
    7. Free Enterprise by C.D. Kemp, p. 25
    8. Scholarship and Intelligence by Ralph Bradford, pp. 26-29
    9. The Use of Books by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 30-34
    10. A Clergyman's Security by Francis E. Mahaffy, pp. 35-38
    11. If We Create a Monster by E.W. Dykes, p. 39
    12. Aid for Uncle Willie by Hugh P. King, pp. 40-41
    13. official Abuse of the Taxing Power by H.E. Spitsbergen, pp. 42-45
    14. The Plague We Spread by Indianapolis Star, pp. 46-47
    15. Why Wages Rise by F.A. Harper, pp. 48-57
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      Review Involuntary Participation in Unionism, by Phil... by Paul L. Poirot, pp. 61-64 - 1 Review
      1. Involuntary Participation in Unionism by Philip D. Bradley
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    March 1957 Issue = 20 Articles
    1. Compulsory Insurance vs. Liberty and Security by Richard C. Baker, pp. 1-7
    2. Million Dollar Dream, pp. 8-9
    3. The Camel's Nose Under the School Tent by Roger A. Freeman, pp. 10-14
    4. Why the President Said No by Grover Cleveland, p. 15
    5. The Most Dreaded Enemy of Liberty by James Madison, p. 16
    6. Law of the Land in England by Edgar Bissantz, pp. 17-22
    7. Breaths of Freedom, pp. 23-25
    8. Management Shakeup in the Satellites, pp. 26-32
    9. Help Wanted by F.A. Harper, pp. 33-36
    10. The Welfare State and Honesty by Trygve J.B. Hoff, pp. 37-38
    11. Satan in Politics by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 39-40
    12. The Key Word Is Voluntary by Alfred P. Haake, pp. 41-42
    13. We Forget What Makes America Great by Richard L. Fruin, pp. 43-47
    14. Formula for Discovery by Charles F. Kettering, pp. 48-49
    15. How Are You Doing-Paywise? by F.A. Harper, pp. 50-53
    16. Crowing for the Sun To Rise by John C. Sparks, pp. 54-56
    17. Well Worth Reading, pp. 57-58
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      Reviewer's Notebook by John Chamberlain, pp. 59-62 - 1 Review
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    1. Adventure Eternal-An Easter Sermon by Edmund A. Opitz, pp. 3-8
    2. Criminality of Rulers by Pitirim A. Sorokin, pp. 9-10
    3. The Inner Sovereignty by Ralph Bradford, pp. 11-19
    4. What Brandeis Said about Contempt for Law by E.F. Hutton, p. 20
    5. Penalty of Surrender by Leonard E. Read, pp. 21-26
    6. One-Man Pressure Group by Duke Burgess, pp. 27-29
    7. Going into Business, pp. 30-33
    8. An Educational Challenge by C.J. Steiner, pp. 34-39
    9. The Basis of Economic Growth by Ralph Husted, pp. 40-45
    10. Breaths of Freedom, pp. 46-47
    11. Your Tax Burden by F.A. Harper, pp. 48-57
    12. Christmas Presents by Augustin Navarro, pp. 58-59
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    2. Rent Controlled Slums by Colm Brogan, pp. 12-16
    3. Your Tax Burden by F.A. Harper, pp. 17-24
    4. The High Cost of Unionism by Ludwig W. Freier, pp. 25-31
    5. Agriculture with a Future by Charles B. Shuman, pp. 32-37
    6. The Thing We Call Time by Ralph Bradford, pp. 38-43
    7. The Achilles' Heel of Socialism and Communism by G. Sumner Small, pp. 44-50
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    2. The Box Factory Failure by Harry W. Green, pp. 8-12
    3. The Federal Raid on Liberty by E.W. Dykes, pp. 13-20
    4. India's Road Ahead by Elizabeth W. Wilson, pp. 21-23
    5. Three Great Deceptions by William Henry Chamberlin, pp. 24-30
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    7. Who Are We Kidding? by Ralph Bradford, pp. 35-42
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    2. Governed by God by J. Howard Pew, pp. 9-11
    3. Freedom Manifesto by Walter H. Kemp, pp. 12-17
    4. Socialism at Its Best by Paul L. Poirot, pp. 18-23
    5. The Price System by W. Allen Wallis, pp. 24-28
    6. Shall the Needy Inherit Our Colleges? by F.A. Harper, pp. 29-34
    7. Pyrrhic Victory by Robert T. Oliver, pp. 35-36
    8. UN - Competent Only for Mischief by W.H. Chamberlin, pp. 37-43
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    2. The Exception Makers by Leonard E. Read, pp. 10-13
    3. The Irrational Foundation of Statism by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 14-18
    4. Positive Employee Relations by Herbert E. Markley, pp. 19-31
    5. --- by Herrel DeGraff, pp. 32-38
    6. The Moors' Proverb by John Murray, pp. 39-41
    7. Administrative Law in Great Britain by George Winder, pp. 42-48
    8. Manpower Migration by Colm Brogan, pp. 49-50
    9. The Business of Education by Oscar W. Cooley, pp. 51-53
    10. Ethics and the Executive by Wayne G. Broehl, Jr., pp. 54-57
    11. Decreasing Value of the Dollar by Livingston Keplinger, p. 58
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    5. Everyman's Dossier by Frederick Walker, pp. 26-29
    6. Today's School Problem by Bettina Bien, pp. 30-37
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    8. The Sleeping Cat (A Sermon) by Edward W. Greenfield, pp. 42-51
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    3. Do Antitrust Laws Preserve Competition? by Sylvester Petro, pp. 12-21
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    5. Those Tricky Gadgets by O.B. Johannsen, p. 24
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    7. Rich but Restless by Indianapolis Star, pp. 30-31
    8. The Seen and the Unseen by Leonard E. Read, pp. 32-33
    9. Let's Face It by Harllee Branch, Jr., pp. 34-36
    10. What Is the National Debt? by Medford Evans, pp. 37-52
    11. What Price Security? by Vollie Tripp, pp. 53-55
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    3. The Importance of Awe by Leonard E. Read, pp. 11-15
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    6. More Frenchmen to Algeria? by Frederic Bastiat, pp. 28-31
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    2. Jim Leadbetter's Discovery by Robert LeFevre, pp. 9-17
    3. How To Stop Competition and Raise Prices by Frederic Bastiat, pp. 18-20
    4. Foreign Aid that Realty Aids by Frank Chodorov, pp. 21-31
    5. Bolivia by Roger A. Freeman, pp. 32-37
    6. Far from Free by Alberto Benegas Lynch, pp. 38-40
    7. Dollars Down the Drain by F.A. Harper, pp. 41-45
    8. Do Unions Cause Automation? by Hans F. Sennholz, pp. 46-51
    9. What Are We Guaranteed? by Grey Leslie, p. 52
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