Tag: Economics

1222: Matt Kibbe – You Can’t Tax Your Way to Prosperity

You can’t tax your way to a balanced budget without tanking the job creation that actually generates tax receipts. —Matt Kibbe

You can’t tax your way to a balanced budget without tanking the job creation that actually generates tax receipts. —Matt Kibbe

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1217: Bob Murphy – You’re Not Helping

You don't help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians. —Bob Murphy

You don’t help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians. —Bob Murphy

1216: Vince Vaughn – I was Blown Away to Learn About the Federal Reserve

I was really blown away when I learned that the Federal Reserve was private and that the government had no kind of oversight over it. That's what led me to learn about FDR's confiscation of gold and Nixon taking us off the Gold Standard and it was really mind blowing.
—Vince Vaughn (Tom Woods Show Ep. 1470)

I was really blown away when I learned that the Federal Reserve was private and that the government had no kind of oversight over it. That’s what led me to learn about FDR’s confiscation of gold and Nixon taking us off the Gold Standard and it was really mind blowing.
—Vince Vaughn (Tom Woods Show Ep. 1470)

1211: Ludwig von Mises – Economics Deals with Fundamental Problems

Economics deals with society's fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen. —Ludwig von Mises

Economics deals with society’s fundamental problems; it concerns everyone and belongs to all. It is the main and proper study of every citizen. —Ludwig von Mises

1210: Milton Friedman – Nothing Holds a Candle to the Free Enterprise System

The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton Friedman

The record of history is absolutely crystal clear. There is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. —Milton Friedman

1201: F.A. Hayek – More Harm and Misery by Using Coercion

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil. —F.A. Hayek

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil. —F.A. Hayek

1199: Walter Williams – Tariff Victims are Invisible

Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to cast their ballots, and the victims don't know whom to blame for their calamity. —Walter Williams

Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to cast their ballots, and the victims don’t know whom to blame for their calamity. —Walter Williams