Fiscal Theory

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Rothbard: The Myth of Tax "Reform"

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingFiscal TheoryInterventionism

Blog04/29/2023

Our taxes are due today. It's a reminder that we must get past the tax reformers’ favorite ploy of revenue neutrality.

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Does an Increase in Demand Cause Economic Growth? How Keynesians Reverse the Roles of Demand and Supply

KeynesMonetary PolicyFiscal Theory

Blog06/01/2022

Standard Keynesian theory posits that if the economy slows, government can revitalize it by increasing spending, which supposedly creates new demand. But government can't create something from nothing.

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Government Spending Is the Real Tax; Deficits Are a Sideshow

Economic PolicyProgressivismFiscal Theory

Blog05/26/2022

While politicians claiming to be "fiscally responsible" call for balanced budgets, the real drag on the economy is government spending itself.

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A Program to Stabilize the Economy—in Four Words

Fiscal Theory

Blog08/31/2017
Paul Cantor recently surprised us by revealing the line the he remembers Mises speaking at his seminar at NYU.
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America Needs a Good, Old-Fashioned Economic Depression

Global EconomyFiscal TheoryInterventionism

Blog07/21/2016

Central bankers are moving heedlessly toward what Ludwig von Mises called "crack-up boom."

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The Keynesian Blessing: Americans Are Broke

Money and BanksU.S. EconomyFiscal TheoryMoney and BankingPolitical Theory

Blog06/12/2016

Many Americans now lack even small amounts of savings to deal with life emergencies. This is a triumph for Keynesian economics.

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The War on Cash is Ancient

Taxes and SpendingWorld HistoryFiscal Theory

Blog05/24/2016

The war on cash is a war on commerce, or rather, on any commerce that can't be monitored and controlled by government.

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Of Course the US Government Will Default on Its Debt

Big GovernmentTaxes and SpendingFiscal Theory

Blog05/09/2016

The real question about an American default has always been less a matter of if, and more a matter of how and when.

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"Who Will Pay for It?" is the Wrong Question To Ask Politicians

Taxes and SpendingFiscal Theory

Blog03/17/2016

It's vital to debunk promises of "free stuff" but we often concentrate too much on the "free," and not enough on the "stuff."

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