Chapter 12 of Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles audiobook.
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The Preface to Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles audiobook.
Jörg Guido Hülsmann explores humanity’s timeless drive to get something for nothing—and how free markets encourage true generosity while central banking and the welfare state undermine it.
Recent moves make clear the tax agency plans to grow, not fade away.
Mises said, “The continued existence of society depends upon private property.” Private property is essential for exchange, economic calculation, and many more pillars of human civilization.
Far from being a true measure of economic health, GDP is a misleading economic statistic that implies consumer and government spending grow the economy. When government spends, GDP increases.
How remarkable it is that today’s conservatives are so enthusiastically committed to handing over untrammeled power to the executive to impose new taxes.
The federal government didn’t take charge of immigration policy until the 1880s. In the early republic, almost everyone agreed that immigration policy was a matter for the states.
Although he has temporarily suspended his threatened tariffs, President Trump‘s demands for “fair trade” make no sense economically speaking. Trump‘s demands of Vietnam alone are beyond head-scratching.
Trump has no plans to get rid of payroll taxes, and he has no plans to make big cuts to spending. This virtually guarantees that the IRS isn’t going anywhere.