CLICHÉS
Suggested answers to some of the more prevalent Cliches of Socialism by various authors.
The Foundation for Economic Education, Inc. Irvington-on-Hudson, New York 10533
* ISBN 910614-24-5 PUBLISHED APRIL 1970 Copyright 1962 by the Foundation for Economic Education, Inc.
Permission to reprint granted without special request.
When a devotee of private property, free market, limited government principles states his position, he is inevitably confronted with a barrage of socialistic cliches. Failure to answer these has effectively silenced many a spokesman for freedom. Here are suggested answers to some of the most persistent of the “Cliches of Socialism.” These are not the only answers or even the best possible answers; but they may help someone else develop better explanations of the ideas on liberty that are the only effective displacement for the empty promises of socialism. Single-sheet reprints of each answer available at cost. Unless otherwise indicated, books noted in this volume are published by and available from the Foundation for Economic Education
AUTHORS AND PUBLISHER:
Leonard E. Read has served as President of the Foundation for Economic Education since it was organized in 1946.
Paul L. Poirot of the FEE staff is managing editor of The Freeman.
W. M. Curtiss is Executive Secretary of FEE.
Edmund A. Opitz of the FEE staff is active as a lecturer and seminar leader.
Dean Russell, economist, is a former member of the staff of FEE.
Bettina Bien is a member of the staff of FEE.
C. W. Anderson is Manager of the Employers’ Association of Milwaukee.
Robert W. Blake, Lt. Col. (ret.) USMCR, is a real estate developer and builder in Canton, Ohio.
Harold Brayman was Director of Public Relations, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, now retired.
Gordon Conklin is Editor of the American Agriculturist, Ithaca, New York.
John Fiske was a nineteenth century American philosopher and literary critic.
Willis H. Hall is the retired General Manager of the Greater Detroit Board of Commerce.
Henry Hazlitt is the noted author, economist, editor, and columnist.
Roland W. Holmes is an engineer, Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington.
R. C. Hoiles is President of Freedom Newspapers, headquartered at Santa Ana, California.
Jack Morano is a member of the New York City Police Department.
Hughston M. McBain is the retired Chairman and remains a Director of Marshall Field and Company.
W. C. Mullendore is the retired Chairman of Southern California Edison Company.
William H. Peterson, formerly professor at New York University, is Economist, United States Steel Corporation.
Benjamin A. Rogge is Distinguished Professor of Political Economy at Wabash College.
Murray N. Rothbard is a free-lance economist, consultant, author in New York City.
Hans F. Sennholz heads the Department of Economics at Grove City College, Pennsylvania.
Thomas J. Shelly is a retired high school teacher.
John C. Sparks is a business executive in Youngstown, Ohio.
The Foundation for Economic Education is an educational champion of private ownership, the free market, the profit and loss system, and limited government. It is nonprofit and nonpolitical. Sample copies of the Foundation’s monthly study journal, The Freeman, as well as a list of books and other publications, are available on request.
