The Tax-Cut Question
In choosing whether tax cuts should be big or small, will the U.S. follow the path of Germany’s Ludwig Erhard or of the socialists in Britain? Gregory Bresiger explains what’s at issue.
In choosing whether tax cuts should be big or small, will the U.S. follow the path of Germany’s Ludwig Erhard or of the socialists in Britain? Gregory Bresiger explains what’s at issue.
A new book on liberty is an inspiring contribution to the resurgence of the pro-private property intellectual movement. Its replies to Gray, Rawls, and Sen should exert a decisive effect in future debates on political economy.
Think about it: a major motion-picture, “Enemy at the Gates,” that dares to lump nazis and communists into one reprehensible leftist dung-heap. Lawrence Reed wonders if he is dreaming.
He has fallen from grace for failing to inflate. But Greenspan is still wrongly assumed, by everyone but the Austrians, to have god-like powers over the economy. Hans Sennholz explains.
Tax cuts are great, but there is a missing element in Bush’s budget: any attempt to cut outlays. New spending must be paid for somehow, someday, writes Frank Shostak.
The advocates of “sustainable development” say that the free market does not adequately differentiate between present and future needs. But are the advocates themselves clairvoyant?
Enforcement of intellectual property rights” can conflict with the rights of tangible property holders. When the WTO does it, the free market get a bad name. Illana Mercer explains.
Israel Kirzner’s new book on Mises is a welcome addition to any economics library, writes Joseph Stromberg. It is remarkable how much the author accomplishes in this short work.
Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning epic, Gladiator, is partly fictional, but the part that isn’t should serve as a reminder of lessons from one of history’s greatest civilizations. Larry Reed explains.