Mises Daily
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Thomas J. DiLorenzo
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[Tom DiLorenzo teaches The Road to Serfdom: Despotism Then and Now , a 6-week online course at the Mises Academy, starting June 13, 2012.] “Every economy has its contradictions. What counts is results, and there can be no doubt that the Soviet planning system has been a powerful engine for economic growth.” — Paul Samuelson, Economics , 1985