One would get the impression, reading most of the discussions in today’s American newspapers and magazines, that no one had ever thought of doing anything for the poor until Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930’s, or even until President Johnson’s “war on poverty” in the 1960’s. Yet private charity is as old as mankind; and the history of
[Rothbard wrote this in 1950.] Whether the American war effort remains “partial” or eventually becomes “total,” methods of mobilization are rapidly becoming our most pressing economic problem. Obviously, mobilization for war inevitably involves hardships for the populace, and lowered standards of living for the duration of the war effort. The
The flat tax draws virtually unanimous support from the “right-thinking” intellectuals in our society, including academics, writers, and media pundits—all people who have managed successfully to identify their own views, whatever they may be, with the general welfare. Any policy that draws unanimous support from these people can’t be all good.
Economists have long believed that government’s tax and expenditure policy either is, or can readily be made to be, neutral to the market. Free-market economists have advocated such neutrality of government, and even economists favoring redistributive actions by government have believed that the service activities and the redistributive activities
While there are many economists and philosophers who have defended the right to become wealthy, few have defended wealth per se . But in fact, the simple existence of wealth is economically of great importance, quite apart from the familiar need for society to accumulate capital for investment. Wealth and the inequality it breeds are actually
[From The Life of Colonel David Crockett , compiled by Edward S. Ellis (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884). Included in Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compiled by Bettina B. Greaves (Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Foundation for Economic Education, 1975).] One day in the House of Representatives, a bill was taken up appropriating money for
Uno tendría la impresión, leyendo la mayoría de las discusiones en los periódicos y revistas estadounidenses de hoy, que nadie había pensado en hacer nada por los pobres hasta el New Deal de Franklin Roosevelt en la década de 1930, o incluso hasta la «guerra contra la pobreza» del presidente Johnson en Estados Unidos en los años sesenta. Sin
[Rothbard escribió esto en 1950] Tanto si el esfuerzo bélico estadounidense sigue siendo «parcial» como si finalmente se convierte en «total», los métodos de movilización se están convirtiendo rápidamente en nuestro problema económico más apremiante. Obviamente, la movilización para la guerra implica inevitablemente dificultades para la población,
[De The Life of Colonel David Crockett , compilado por Edward S. Ellis (Filadelfia: Porter & Coates, 1884). Incluido en Free Market Economics: A Basic Reader , compilado por Bettina B. Greaves (Irvington-on-Hudson, NY: Fundación para la Educación Económica, 1975)]. Un día en la Cámara de Representantes, se presentó un proyecto de ley que asignaba
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