This volume of Freeman reprints all address the role that taxation plays in a modern society. The 21 essays cover four general areas: the use of taxation as a tool of social justice, its use as a tool of social reform, its use to regulate production, and its effects on capital accumulation and long term growth. Topics include several looks at state and local taxation as well as the relationship between taxation and education. Taken together, they make for a very useful introduction to taxation and public finance issues from a classical liberal perspective.
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Cliches of Socialism Number 67 by Robert W. Blake
“Government should guarantee freedom from want.”
The Freedom Philosophy by Leonard E. Read
The 14 essays in this collection, many of which appeared in The Freeman, constitute an effective overview of various aspects of the classical liberal worldview. It includes two of Leonard Read’s most famous essays, “The Essence of Americanism” and “I, Pencil.” The remaining essays cover four areas of “the freedom philosophy:” economics, politics, morality, and [...]
Cliches of Socialism Number 18 by Paul L. Poirot
“Customers ought to be protected by price controls.”
Clichés of Socialism Number 25 by Leonard E. Read
“The United States Constitution was designed for an agrarian society.”
Letter from Leonard Read to Henry Hazlitt December 12, 1945 by Leonard E. Read
Letter from Leonard Read dated December 12, 1945 inviting Henry Hazlitt to discuss a draft of Fred Fairchild’s book Profits and the Ability to Pay, which was to become FEE’s first publication.
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[...] was founded in 1946, yet the wheels began to spin even earlier. Today’s document is a letter from Leonard Read inviting Henry Hazlitt to a group discussion of what was to become FEE’s first publication, Fred Fairchild’s [...]
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