Contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I: Because Eating Your Pets Is Overrated—Socialism Creates Poverty
    1. Chapter 1: Socialism Destroyed Venezuela’s Once-Vibrant Economy
    2. Chapter 2: Socialism Rewards Corruption
    3. Chapter 3: Interfering with Free Markets Causes Shortages
    4. Chapter 4: Capitalism Is the More Moral System
    5. Chapter 5: Capitalism Benefits the Middle Class
    6. Chapter 6: Income Inequality Does Not Ruin the Economy or Corrupt Government
    7. Chapter 7: Under Capitalism, the 1 Percent Is Always Changing
    8. Chapter 8: The Poor Are Better Off Under Capitalism
  7. Part II: Capitalism Makes Scandinavia Great
    1. Chapter 9: Bernie’s Socialism Also Includes Praise for Dictators
    2. Chapter 10: Today’s American Socialists Don’t Know What Socialism Means
    3. Chapter 11: Bernie Sanders Is Too Liberal to Get Elected in Denmark
    4. Chapter 12: No, Bernie, Scandinavia Is Not Socialist
    5. Chapter 13: Sweden’s Riches Actually Came from Capitalism
    6. Chapter 14: The Nordic Model Is Welfarism, Not Socialism
    7. Chapter 15: Sweden Is Shrinking Taxes and Welfare
    8. Chapter 16: Welfarism Requires High Middle-Class Taxes
    9. Chapter 17: American Scandinavians Have It Better Here Than in Scandinavia
    10. Chapter 18: Swedish College Is Free, but It’s Not Cheap or Universal
  8. Part III: A Boot Stamping on the Human Face Forever—Socialism and Authoritarianism
    1. Chapter 19: Socialism Becomes Authoritarianism
    2. Chapter 20: Hitler Was a Socialist
    3. Chapter 21: The Nazis Hated Capitalism
    4. Chapter 22: The Nazis Didn’t Believe in Private Property
    5. Chapter 23: Socialism Encourages Eugenics
    6. Chapter 24: Your Degree of Enthusiasm for Socialism May Decide Whether You Live or Die
  9. Part IV: Socialism Doesn’t Create Equality
    1. Chapter 25: Socialism Promises Equality and Leads to Tyranny
    2. Chapter 26: All Aspects of Culture Eventually Become Targets for the Planners
    3. Chapter 27: If No One Has to Work, No One Will
    4. Chapter 28: The Cure for Failed Socialism Is Always More Socialism
    5. Chapter 29: Poetry Can Be Dangerous Under Socialism
    6. Chapter 30: It’s Not Socialism Without Purges
  10. Part V: Where Are These Angels? The Philosophy of Socialism
    1. Chapter 31: Socialism Expects Selfless Rulers and Citizens
    2. Chapter 32: Progress Comes from Rebels and Dreamers
    3. Chapter 33: Freedom Is Not the Inevitable Outcome of History and Must Be Protected
  11. Part VI: Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste: Socialism and Alarmism
    1. Chapter 34: Socialism Leads to Cronyism
    2. Chapter 35: If Socialists Can’t Find a Crisis, They Will Create One
    3. Chapter 36: Socialism and Climate Change Alarmism Go Together
    4. Chapter 37: Socialist Green New Deal Allows for No Dissent
    5. Chapter 38: Fake News and Propaganda on the Rise in America
    6. Chapter 39: Welcome to the Panopticon: FaceCrime, PreCrime, and the Surveillance State
  12. Afterword: Finding Common Ground
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. Notes
  15. Index
  16. About the Authors
  17. Also by Rand Paul
  18. Copyright
  19. About the Publisher