On Hubris, the Experts, and Healthcare-System Reform
The way to become an expert is as follows: don’t challenge the prevailing orthodoxy of the institution; learn the history, underlying princip
Taxes and Spending
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The Debt Ceiling
As interviewed by Mac McDowell on the “Boiling Point” radio program, 92.5 FM in San Antonio, Texas. Recorded 21 May 2011.
To Tax Is to Destroy
If you are a wealthy person, beware. The estate tax will destroy what you have created through your hard work and diligence. Unless you have spent a small fortune on financial planners, accountants, and tax attorneys, the fruits of your labor may be enjoyed by the government.
The True Nature of Taxation
All of the services now funded by taxation and provided by the government were at one point in the not-so-distant past funded and provided privately.
Pre-Fascist Italy: Tax and Borrow and Spend
The balanced budget passed away definitely in 1911, not to return again until a revolution had swept from the people of Italy their freedom, writes
Pre-Fascist Italy: Tax and Borrow and Spend
The balanced budget passed away definitely in 1911, not to return again until a revolution had swept from the people of Italy their freedom.
Government Spending Is Bad Economics
Government is a large disequilibrating force on the market. It forcibly redistributes economic goods and distorts the continuous process of coordination.
Once-Temporary Tariff
When the Civil War closed, the revenue acts that had been hastily passed during its course constituted a chaotic mass, writes F.W. Taussig.
Taxpayers in Revolt
Taxpayers, struggling to make ends meet, would likely join the revolt, if taxes are raised just so 46 year-old ex-policemen and ex-firefighters can enjoy cushy retirements.
Taxpayers in Revolt: A Look Back to See the Future
The Mises Circle in Naples, Florida. Recorded 26 February 2011.
