Mises Daily: Friday, July 09, 2010 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. This is the tale of two economists who lived parallel lives, and then pursued two different and contrary goals. One was devoted to liberty and one was devoted to the state. The first remained a teacher during his entire life, never in any prestigious [...]
Tag Archives: Murray Rothbard
Parallel Lives: Liberty or Power?
Posted in Battle for Liberty | Also tagged Alan Greenspand, Arthur Burns, Austrian Economics, Columbia University, Federal Reserve, Keynesianism, liberty, Ludwig von Mises, New York Univeristy, Power and Pandering | 1 Comment
The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not Fair
Mises Daily by Laurence M. Vance | Posted on 4/3/2009 12:00:00 AM [This talk was given at the 2009 Austrian Scholars Conference at the Mises Institute.] Our current income tax system, inaugurated in 1913 with the adoption of the 16th Amendment, began with a 1 percent tax on taxable income above $3,000 ($4,000 for married [...]
Posted in Public Debt & Taxation | Also tagged Americans for Fair Taxation, Barack Obama, Cato Institute, Clinton Administration, Dick Armey, Duncan Hunter, FairTax, FairTax: The Truth Answering the Critics, Flat Tax, Forbes, Great Depression, House Committee on Ways and Means, Joe Sobran, Laurence M. Vance, Mises Institute, Pensacola Junior College, The Fair Tax Book, Tom Tancredo, World War I, World War II | Leave a comment
Open Letter from One Non-Economist to Another
Mises Daily by Matthew J. Novak | Posted on 3/31/2009 12:00:00 AM Dear Dr. Drew Westen, I read your commentary this morning, as many have undoubtedly done. The economy is a very interesting and pressing current affair. I realize you may receive volumes of email regarding what you have written, so I hope you will [...]
Posted in Economics 101, Federal Reserve System, Free Markets | Also tagged AIG, FDR, Federal Reserve System, Freedom, Great Depression, Ludwig von Mises, Mises Institute, New Deal, Ronald Reagan | Leave a comment
The Lies are Sacred, Blessed by Government
Posted on Mises Daily by Doug French | Posted on 3/26/2009 12:00:00 AM New president Barack Obama’s $3.55 trillion budget serves notice that if you thought government couldn’t get any bigger or more intrusive, think again. The budget “represents real and dramatic change,” according to the President. But really the Obama plan is just more [...]
Posted in Public Debt & Taxation | Also tagged Barack Obama, Clarence Carson, Fiscal Policy, George Selgin, John Maynard Keynes, Mises.org, Paul Cleveland, Tom DiLorenzo, Unmasking the Sacred Lies | Leave a comment
