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.
Taxes and Spending
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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
Health Economics (Drugs, Body Parts Markets and Socialized Medicine)
Recorded at Mises University 2004.
Down with the Withholding Tax
Did you have to write out a check to the IRS for $5,581 this past April 15? If you had to do such a thing next year, would you think of it as your civic duty or would you consider it a crime that only the government could get away with?
The Economics and Politics of Education: An Interview with Robert Murphy
Jeffrey Tucker interviews Dr. Robert P. Murphy about Education on June 28th, 2005.
How The Power To Tax Destroys
Why does the scope of the state always enlarge? Michael S. Rozeff suggests a theory based on the the incentives of those who possess the power to tax.
Social Security and the Destruction of Capital
Writes Antony Mueller: Coercive capital-based systems do not eliminate the vicious cycle of wealth destruction.
