Inflation & Taxes
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Do Reciprocal Tariffs Double-Down on Protectionism, or Promote Free Trade?
Free trade is the optimal outcome, and unilateral free trade remains beneficial even in the face of foreign tariffs.
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Voters Want Jobs and Affordable Growth — Can Democrats Adapt?
Redistribution enriches special interests rather than those in need. Democrats must recognize this and other public choice truths if they want to reach voters.
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The Legacy of Bidenomics: Overspending, Overtaxing, Overregulating
Now we’ve got fewer jobs, less investment, and sky-high compliance costs. If only somebody could’ve explained it to him.
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An External Revenue Service?
The only difference between taxes and tariffs is the location of the seller. Regardless, the buyer pays the cost.
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Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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Why the US Grows While the EU Slows: Adam Smith’s Recipe
Adam Smith’s recipe of “peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice” explains much of the discrepancy in GDP.
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Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway
High and often irrational wealth taxes have driven entrepreneurs and earners out of Norway, and the Socialist Party seems happy to see them go.
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Tariffs as a Substitute for Income Taxes? An Economic Reality Check
Tariffs undermine economic growth and anger our trading partners. And they could only fund a fraction of federal spending.
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Learning Fiscal Discipline: Colorado’s Success, Shortcomings, and Regulatory Ruse
One of our 50 little labs of liberty has a Taxpayer Bill of Rights that refunds them the state surplus. But it hasn’t curtailed the growth of government.
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Do Reciprocal Tariffs Double-Down on Protectionism, or Promote Free Trade?
Free trade is the optimal outcome, and unilateral free trade remains beneficial even in the face of foreign tariffs.
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Voters Want Jobs and Affordable Growth — Can Democrats Adapt?
Redistribution enriches special interests rather than those in need. Democrats must recognize this and other public choice truths if they want to reach voters.
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The Legacy of Bidenomics: Overspending, Overtaxing, Overregulating
Now we’ve got fewer jobs, less investment, and sky-high compliance costs. If only somebody could’ve explained it to him.
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•
An External Revenue Service?
The only difference between taxes and tariffs is the location of the seller. Regardless, the buyer pays the cost.
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•
Trudeau’s Horrible Carbon Tax Implementation
A carbon tax puts a price on emissions externalities. Conflating it with heavy-handed regulations killed its simplicity and hamstrung its popularity.
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Why the US Grows While the EU Slows: Adam Smith’s Recipe
Adam Smith’s recipe of “peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice” explains much of the discrepancy in GDP.
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Why Are There No Trillion-Dollar Companies in Europe?
Large companies don’t just happen. They are born, fostered, and grown in low-tax, high-opportunity societies.
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How Billionaires Became an Endangered Species in Norway
High and often irrational wealth taxes have driven entrepreneurs and earners out of Norway, and the Socialist Party seems happy to see them go.
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Tariffs as a Substitute for Income Taxes? An Economic Reality Check
Tariffs undermine economic growth and anger our trading partners. And they could only fund a fraction of federal spending.
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Learning Fiscal Discipline: Colorado’s Success, Shortcomings, and Regulatory Ruse
One of our 50 little labs of liberty has a Taxpayer Bill of Rights that refunds them the state surplus. But it hasn’t curtailed the growth of government.