Taxes and Spending

Mises Institute President Tom DiLorenzo joins Ryan McMaken to look at the many ways that the taxes, known as "tariffs," destroy wealth and empower the state. 

Congress recently passed a “continuing resolution” to avoid a government shutdown. We are good to go now.

Elon Musk—of Tesla, SpaceX, and X fame—will be tasked by incoming President-elect Donald Trump to review federal government efficiency with the int

The damage tariffs impose is not limited to increasing consumer prices. They also create major distortions in the markets.

Bob discusses common talking points that pro-free-trade economists often use when making the case against tariffs.

In Misesian thinking, only negative outcomes can ever result from dependence on government transfers.

The evidence is quite clear. It really doesn't matter who's in the White House long term. Spending will continue to go up, and they'll be using the tax code to manipulate interest rates.

Would America’s federal government deliberately undermine recovery efforts to try to achieve its own desired political ends? Of course.

While the US dollar is the world's “reserve” currency—at least for now—the reckless spending and money creation policies of the US government place the dollar in peril. 

Trump’s tax reform just replaces one tax with another. And would probably result in higher taxes.