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Laurence M. Vance

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Laurence M. Vance is an Associated Scholar of the Mises Institute, columnist and policy adviser for the Future of Freedom Foundation, and a columnist, blogger, and book reviewer at LewRockwell.com. He is also the author of Gun Control and the Second Amendment, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom, and War, Empire and the Military: Essays on the Follies of War and U.S. Foreign Policy. His newest books are Free Trade or Protectionism? and The Free Society. Visit his website: www.vancepublications.com.

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“Tax Expenditures” Is a Misnomer

Taxes and Spending
09/05/2023Power & Market

The April 18 deadline for Americans to file their 2022 income tax returns had hardly passed before House Republicans began to talk about reviving three tax breaks for businesses that had lapsed or begun to phrase out under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that the Republican-controlled Congress...

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There Is No Right to a Religious Accommodation

Property Rights
07/26/2023Power & Market

Overshadowed by the Supreme Court decision in the case of Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College that struck down affirmative action...

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Audio Mises Wire

The Fair Tax Is the Tax That Will Not Die

Economic PolicyThe FedTaxes and SpendingU.S. Economy

06/16/2022Mises Media
The Fair Tax is a supposed alternative to the income tax. But the name does not matter, since a tax is still a tax.
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The Fair Tax Is the Tax That Will Not Die

Economic PolicyTaxes and Spending

Blog06/09/2022

The Fair Tax is a supposed alternative to the income tax. But the name does not matter, since a tax is still a tax.

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Mises Debunks the Religious Case for the State

Big GovernmentMedia and CulturePhilosophy and Methodology

06/06/2022Mises Daily Articles
Laurence Vance explains that Mises's writings criticize both theism and atheism insofar as they are guilty of conflating economic fallacy and divine will.
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