Murray Rothbard predicted this in 1993. Since rivers, aquifers, and water in general have been largely socialized, the result is a tangled and terribly inefficient web of irrational pricing, massive subsidies, overuse in some areas and underuse in others, and widespread controls and rationing.

Will goods and resources be directed by markets or political officials? That is the great debate.

When Khrushchev said, “We will bury you,” he meant it. Communists buried 85 million people in the 20th century.

There can be no doubt: even a little bit of freedom lifts people up, even the poorest countries.