Soak the Rich?
From the Buffett Rule to France's 75% tax on the wealthy, "soaking the rich" is all the rage once again.
Taxes and Spending
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Is the “Fiscal Cliff” a Threat to the Economy?
The goal of fixing the budget deficit to avoid the "fiscal cliff" of 2013 could be an erroneous policy.
Our Products Are Burdened with Taxes
Is it not an incontestable axiom in political economy that taxes ultimately fall on the consumer?
In Praise of Government Gridlock
As Mises wrote, “government efficiency and industrial efficiency are entirely different things.”
Tax-Loving Conservatives
Hamilton wanted higher federal debt because he wanted investors in government IOUs to commit to the survival of the US government itself.
Democracy: The Enemy of Liberty
“The theory involves a conceptual conflation of democracy and liberty (freedom) that can only be called scandalous, especially coming from se
The Truth About Taxes
This essay originally appeared in the Review of Austrian Economics 7, No. 2 (1994), pp.
Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to hea
How Amazon Survives the State
In a world of convoluted rules, capitalism finds ways to get goods cheaply to the people who want them.
