Transfer payments discourage the recipients from earning income in the present and from investing in their potential to earn income in the future. People respond to a reduced cost of idleness by choosing to be idle more often.
In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to conse… - Robert Higgs
In regard to the so-called social contract, I have often had occasion to protest that I haven't even seen the contract, much less been asked to conse…
- Robert Higgs
Of course, political leaders are much more ambitious than gangsters. The latter are content to take your money, whereas the former, besides taking fa… - Robert Higgs
Of course, political leaders are much more ambitious than gangsters. The latter are content to take your money, whereas the former, besides taking fa…
If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling about looking f… - Robert Higgs
If anarchists are idealists, they may simply be likened to someone who finds himself swimming in a cesspool and, rather than paddling about looking f…
The state is the most destructive institution human beings have ever devised - a fire that, at best, can be controlled for only a short time before i… - Robert Higgs
The state is the most destructive institution human beings have ever devised - a fire that, at best, can be controlled for only a short time before i…
Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of taxation. - Robert Higgs
Inflation is not a benign element in the economy's operation. It is, as it has always been, the most dangerous and destructive form of taxation.
This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us,… - Robert Higgs
This is the true lesson of our history: war, preparation for war, and foreign military interventions have served for the most part not to protect us,…
All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive… - Robert Higgs
All nonstate threats to life, liberty, and property appear to be relatively petty and therefore can be dealt with. Only states can pose truly massive…
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is … - Robert Higgs
In debates between anarchists and statists, the burden of proof clearly should rest on those who place their trust in the state. Anarchy's mayhem is …
Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petroch… - Robert Higgs
Many anti-energy groups display little appreciation of the extent to which modern economies depend pervasively on the use of fossil fuels and petroch…
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