Some years ago I wrote an article summarizing Jaime Balmes’s criticisms of socialism, which he wrote many years before Karl Marx. His analysis appeared in a series of seven essays that clearly described the dangerous and harmful nature of these doctrines. Given that the socialists are back in power in Spain and that many in Catalonia, Balmes’s land, have forgotten his lessons, increased focus on his writings is a healthy endeavor.
Alejandro Chafuen, "The Good Economic Judgment of Father Jaime Balmes," Journal of Markets & Morality 23, no. 1 (2020): 201-204.