A Consuming Folly
Sean Corrigan notes several cases when believing in myth and fallacy qualifies you to manage editorial pages and purport to administer whole nations.
Taxes and Spending
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The end of the classroom as we know it
The Huntsville Times was prompted by Bill Gates’s good comments on education to interview others on the topic, and I was among them.
The Meltdown of the German Welfare State
The past year has brought to light what so long was concealed under the veil of the German consensus model, writes Frank Vogelgesang.
Death Taxes: Theory, History, and Ethics
When the state intervenes in family inheritance process, it increases its coffers at the expense of the smooth operation of family, society, and economy.
The Case Against the Flat Tax
Any policy that draws unanimous support from "right-thinking" people can’t be all good. There must be a catch somewhere.
Death, Wealth, and Taxes
Wealth and the inequality it breeds are central to the functioning of our entire economic system.
The Preferred Tax Type: Comment on Herbener
A standard theorem in neoclassical public finance holds that income taxes are preferred to equal revenue excise taxes. Herbener (1988) rejects this theorem.
The Myth of Neutral Taxation
Rothbard argues that all government activities necessarily divert incomes, resources, and assets from the market, and therefore that the quest for a neutral tax or expenditure policy is an impossible one and the concept a myth.
Man Turns Down 24 Round Trip Airline Tickets Because of Tax Concerns
Here is a Wall Street Journal article (July 6, 2005; Page B1) about Jack McCall, who won an America
