March 2017 Editor's Note: This post was originally published in October 2016 and has been updated for accuracy and comprehensiveness.
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Guest Blogger: Dean Robert T. Burrus, Ph.D., Cameron School of Business
While capitalism is still favored by the majority of Americans, a January 2016 poll suggested socialism’s popularity is on the rise.
As reported in The Washington Post, a poll asking respondents whether they had a favorable or unfavorable view of socialism and capitalism found capitalism to be the big winner overall. But respondents under 30 years of age decisively embraced socialism.