The modern state, unlike the medieval monarchy, does not merely tax to sustain itself or to defend the nation. It taxes to reshape society and to manage an increasingly restive population.
Joseph Solis-Mullen
Author of The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger, and The National Debt and You, Joseph Solis-Mullen is a political scientist, economist, and Ralph Raico Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. A graduate of Spring Arbor University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Missouri, his work can be found at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Libertarian Institute, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Journal of the American Revolution, and Antiwar.com. He teaches history and political science at SAU. You can contact him via joseph@libertarianinstitute.org or find him on Twitter @solis_mullen.
