{"id":1170,"date":"2011-08-07T05:41:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-07T09:41:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=1170"},"modified":"2011-08-02T09:41:51","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T13:41:51","slug":"how-to-ruin-a-country-with-socialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2011\/08\/how-to-ruin-a-country-with-socialism.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Ruin a Country with Socialism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a fun little video where Karl Marx reveals his new GOVERNMENT MASTER card.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"apple-style-span\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: Georgia;color: black\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karl Marx Government Master Card\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/stek0Ct6zU4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Governments dilute the money supply through printing. Inflation is like pancake syrup<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Inflation is like Pancakes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o8cwuDcml2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Why are government purchases so wasteful? \u00a0Economics teaches us that third party purchases will always be wasteful as I explain in this clip from the Godonomics DVD.<\/p>\n<p>[bcvideo vid=&#8221;919584602001&#8243;\u00a0pid=&#8221;96582452001&#8243; height=&#8221;410&#8243; width=&#8221;480&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>For more information, check out<a href=\"http:\/\/www.Godonomics.com\"> www.Godonomics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a fun little video where Karl Marx reveals his new GOVERNMENT MASTER card. Governments dilute the money supply through printing. Inflation is like pancake syrup Why are government purchases so wasteful? \u00a0Economics teaches us that third party purchases will always be wasteful as I explain in this clip from the Godonomics DVD. 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