Taxes and Spending

The lack of revolutions, even in highly-taxed societies points to the possibility that many are willing to tolerate rather high taxation rates.

We must all be grateful to Professors Walter J. Blum and Harry J. Kalven, Jr. for providing in a brief space a cogent review and critique of the various arguments for progressive taxation

While corporate income taxation is a major issue in the debate over international finance, economic theory has no clear stance on who bears its burden.

The conventional wisdom proposition suggested by Galbraith that there is endemic instability in a market-based economy that can be remedied only by government policy interventions is inappropriate. 

Many economists consider public goods to be a case of market “failure.” They argue that the free market cannot finance the optimal amou

In recent years, as libertarian policy analysts have put their minds to the question of tax reform, some have succumbed to the lure of a broad-base

When government monopolization of the roadways is discussed by economists, the “externalities” argument is usually raised.

The American Revolution restored private and local control over goods such as alcohol and tobacco, but since the period of the Early Republic, the prohibitionist agenda has, with few deviations, continued on this trend of increasing central control.

This paper will be primarily concerned with identification and documentation of the educational viewpoints espoused by the European anarchists of t

The recent widely cited National Agricultural Lands Study (NALS) adds to the growing number of individuals and organizations holding the view that