Mises Wire
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Antony P. Mueller
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possible only when there is something to distribute. Redistribution is unjust and economically irrational when it punishes those who produce. When the redistribution active part of the population withdraws from production and parasitism takes over, economic progress will falter und finally disappear. This way, society will pay the steepest price of this policy because they will be the hardest hit when growth falls and the misery rise. It is unethical to strive towards more justice as