Death, Wealth, and Taxes
Wealth and the inequality it breeds are central to the functioning of our entire economic system.
Wealth and the inequality it breeds are central to the functioning of our entire economic system.
A standard theorem in neoclassical public finance holds that income taxes are preferred to equal revenue excise taxes. Herbener (1988) rejects this theorem.
Here is a Wall Street Journal article (July 6, 2005; Page B1) about Jack McCall, who won an America
Recorded at Mises University 2004.
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?
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.
Jeffrey Tucker interviews Dr. Robert P. Murphy about Education on June 28th, 2005.