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Clichés of Socialism Number 5

“Too much government, just what would you cut out?”

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  1. [...] White’s book, Fiat Money Inflation in France. [v] Refer to Frédéric Bastiat’s monograph, Selected Essays on Political Economy. *On September 13th a hearing of the Financial Services Committee in the House of [...]

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