Deirdre Nansen McCloksey

Deirdre Nansen McCloksey

The attractions of socialism

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Deirdre Nansen McCloskey
Feb 10, 0002
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In an interview by Grégoire Canlorbe (possibly to appear in a future issue of Man and the Economy), McCloskey muses on the appeal of socialist ideas.

“I myself was a long time ago a mild-mannered Marxist. I think the attractions of socialism arise from our experience as children in a loving family, in which income falls mysteriously from Dad, and Mom is …

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