Statism has been a characteristically twentieth-centuryresponse to new uncertainty.

One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people.

The official discourse is entrenched in statism andcentralism, with growing disregard for democratic principles andprocedures.

Various forms of statism have been tried before; all havebeen found lacking.

We have rejected the dismantling of the State and refuse to enter into a statism that would wither private initiative.

One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on our people, has been by way of medicine.

Advocating the use of government policy to correct some of the excesses of the market is not tantamount to a return to statism and protectionist economic policies.

But Friedman’s consistent anti-statism also led him toembrace positions that ran afoul of many conservatives’ politicalsensibilities, underscoring the intellectual honesty that was thehallmark of his career.

Ironically, Western countries are shifting to statism atthe very moment that China appears to be heading in the oppositedirection – witness its recent moves to liberalize its financialsystem.

The French Socialist Party’s lingering statism,ethnocentrism, and reluctance to accept coalitions with movementsto its right reflects its violent and troubled history and the longintellectual domination of the French Communists.