{"product_id":"the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-capitalism-9781596985049","title":"The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism","description":"Most commonly accepted economic \"facts\" are wrong Here's the unvarnished, politically incorrect truth. The liberal media and propagandists masquerading as educators have filled the world--and deformed public policy--with politically correct errors about capitalism and economics in general. In The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Capitalism, myth-busting professor Robert P. Murphy, a scholar and frequent speaker at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, cuts through all their nonsense, shattering liberal myths and fashionable socialist cliches to set the record straight. Murphy starts with a basic explanation of what capitalism really is, and then dives fearlessly into hot topics like: \u003cbr\u003e* Outsourcing (why it's good for Americans) and zoning restrictions (why they're not) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Why central planning has never worked and never will \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* How prices operate in a free market (and why socialist schemes like rent control always backfire) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* How labor unions actually hurt workers more than they help them \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Why increasing the minimum wage is always a bad idea \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Why the free market is the best guard against racism \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* How capitalism will save the environment--and why Communist countries were the most polluted on earth \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Raising taxes: why it is never \"responsible\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Why no genuine advocate for the downtrodden could endorse the dehumanizing Welfare State \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* The single biggest myth underlying the public's support for government regulation of business \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Antitrust suits: usually filed by firms that lose in free competition \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* How tariffs and other restrictions \"protect\" privileged workers but make other Americans poorer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* The IMF and World Bank: why they don't help poor countries \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* Plus: Are you a capitalist pig? Take the quiz and find out! Breezy, witty, but always clear, precise, and elegantly reasoned, The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to Capitalism is a solid and entertaining guide to free market economics. With his twelve-step plan for understanding the free market, Murphy shows why conservatives should resist attempts to socialize America and fight spiritedly for the free market.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert P. Bob Murphy is an Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Regnery Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50505375088914,"sku":"9781596985049","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7c47f838-d8c4-4761-b54b-1acff47d2234.jpg?v=1730838965","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-politically-incorrect-guide-to-capitalism-9781596985049","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}