George Reisman citations (8 citations)

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“Under communism (socialism), there is no incentive to supply people with anything they need or want, including safety.”

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George Reisman

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996)

“If the individual is a means to the ends of the State, so too, of course, is his property. Just as he is owned by the State, his property is also owned by the State.”

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George Reisman

“Why Nazism Was Socialism and Why Socialism Is Totalitarian,” lecture delivered at the Mises Institute’s “The Economics of Fascism: Supporters Summit 2005” in Auburn, Alabama (October 8, 2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsaG-pJ_4RA&list=PLOCWSOHhjJPUQ9kkhBKV9js9tFJTPp3yC&index=3&t=0s

“Like the use of the word 'concupiscence' in an earlier age to describe sexual desire, the use of the word 'pollution' to describe essential aspects of the productive activities of an industrial society represents an attempt to defame an entirely proper human capacity by means of using an evil sounding name for it.”

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George Reisman

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996)

“The truth is that economic competition is the very opposite of competition in the animal kingdom. It is not a competition in the grabbing off of scarce nature-given supplies, as it is in the animal kingdom. Rather, it is a competition in the positive creation of new and additional wealth.”

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George Reisman

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996)

“The slaves of socialism are slaves, but they are no one's property and therefore no one's loss.”

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George Reisman

Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996)