Economics departments are dominated by Marxism, which is taken straight or on the rocks, in the form of Keynesianism.
A 'mixed economy' is a society in the process of committing suicide.
The more propaganda . . . conservatives spread for capitalist economics while at the same time preaching collectivism morally and philosophically , the more nails they’ll drive into capitalism’s coffin.
People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.