# Barack Obama, Social Darwinism, and Survival of the Fittest, Part 3

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/barack-obama-social-darwinism-and-survival-of-the-fittest-part-3>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** January 21, 2015

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George H. Smith concludes this series with a close look at Herbert Spencer’s views on charity and the poor.

[Originally published in essay form on April 24, 2012.](https://www.libertarianism.org/essays/excursions/barack-obama-social-darwinism-survival-fittest-part-3)

_Narrated by James Foster._