Taxes and Spending
The Importance of Land as a Tool for Savings for Lithuanians
Ensuring private property rights was essential for the development of the capitalist economy in the Western world.
Industrial Policy Is Back—and It’s a Gigantic Mistake
The mentality of Build Back Better is not just confined to the US. Around the world, governments are resorting to the ancient tradition of using massive amounts of resources to build things that glorify the state, not add to the economy.
California and New York Are Even Shaking Down Fleeing Residents
Even though people are leaving California and New York in droves due in large part to their ruinous taxes, the state authorities are tracking these emigrants down and demanding they continue to pay state taxes. Right out of Orwell.
The War on Poverty Makes Poverty Worse
Government officials like to claim they are doing something about reducing poverty. The trouble is, of course, that what they are doing makes things worse. Here on Income Tax Day, we recommend that next time, they should do nothing.
An Austrian Critique of the New MMT Documentary
Murphy gives a comprehensive critique of Stephanie Kelton's new Modern Monetary Theory documentary, covering the flaws in its theory, history, and policy recommendations
Evil Twins: US Federal Budget Deficits and US Trade
The government’s inflationary borrow-and-spend policies have given Americans a false sense of prosperity. In the end, such policies are unsustainable.
Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years
Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.
Kentucky Becomes 45th State to End Sales Taxes on Gold and Silver
(Frankfort, Kentucky) -- In a high-stakes showdown with Gov.
Anarchy, State and Utopia: Robustly against Redistributive Taxation for 50 Years
Robert Nozick’s Anarchy, State and Utopia turns fifty this year, and this libertarian classic has stood the test of time.
