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All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It’s only a question of degree.
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And whatever their publicized angst over Saddam Hussein’s ‘weapons of mass destruction.
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Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of our ever-changing economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central bank.
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While local economies may experience significant price imbalances, a national severe price distortion seems most unlikely in the United States, given its size and diversity.
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Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.
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The abandonment of the gold standard made it possible for the welfare statists to use the banking system as a means to an unlimited expansion of credit.
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But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying when it comes without exploiting others.
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