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Friday, February 9, 2007

The Goal Is Freedom: Health Hazard


A NEW article by Sheldon Richman

Back in the days before America had an income tax (yes, son, I've read there really was such a time), proposals to impose the tax were met with warnings that it would be “inquisitorial.” Opponents apparently didn't also see its potential for manipulating behavior. But what more effective carrot and stick is there than an income tax? More . . .

A NEW article by Sheldon Richman


  • Sheldon Richman is the former editor of The Freeman and a contributor to The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. He is the author of Separating School and State: How to Liberate America's Families and thousands of articles.