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Debating Socialism: The Seligman-Nearing Debate at 100

12/30/2020 Mises Wire Rob Weir

Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. The Setting Sunday, January 23, 1921. It was a good day to watch a fight. An audience of thirty-five hundred packed the Lexington Theater in...

“Corporate Social Responsibility” Only Strengthens Corporate Power over the Public

10/03/2019 Mises Wire Rob Weir

“Business Roundtable Redefines the Purpose of a Corporation to Promote ‘An Economy That Serves All Americans’ ” was the headline of a recent statement put out by this “association of chief executive...

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Debating Socialism: The Seligman-Nearing Debate at 100

01/04/2021 Rob Weir

In January 1921, thirty-five hundred people packed the Lexington Theater in midtown Manhattan to hear a debate of socialism. Ludwig von Mises in Vienna later called the debate "instructive."

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