Thomas Sowell: Socialism for the Uninformed

I came across this piece today by economist Thomas Sowell entitled, Socialism for the Uninformed, and I highly recommend it. Sowell is a brilliant man and an excellent defender of individual liberty and economic freedom.  As he states in his opening paragraph: “Socialism sounds great. It has always sounded great. And it will probably always continue to sound great. It is only when you go beyond rhetoric, and start looking at hard facts, that socialism turns out to be a big disappointment, if not a disaster.”