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Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Tariffs Won’t Reindustrialize America

Vincent Cook

One of the arguments given in favor of tariffs is that they will enable domestic manufacturers to better compete with producers abroad. While people may believe that to be true, the problem is that tariffs don’t create a good foundation for capital development.

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American Taxation

Charles Adams traces how war, deception, and the myth of fairness gave rise to a tax code built on broken promises.

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Taxes and the Black Hole of Government Spending

Matt McCaffrey explains how taxation fuels a cycle of destruction and forgotten promises.

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Who Benefits from Government Debt? Nigerian Banks Provide the Answer

It is not just the future generation who bears the burden of increased government debt, but the current generation who pay interest.

Does the Fed Shave with Occam’s Razor?

When it comes to our monetary system, the Federal Reserve System doesn’t simplify things, but complicates the economy. That alone is reason for it to be abolished.

The Case Against the F-35

People like to believe that national defense is outside of economic analysis, but the reality is that laws of economics are immutable and universal. The F-35 is just one example.

The Myth
of a Fair Tax

There’s no such thing as a fair tax, only tax-eaters and taxpayers.

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For Good and Evil:
The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization

Think taxes are just policy? Think again. In this riveting history, Charles Adams uncovers how taxation has shaped the rise and fall of empires—confirming what Austrian economists have long argued.

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