Paul B. Trescott

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07/30/2014 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Paul B. Trescott

Volume 1, No. 1 (Spring 1998) A noteworthy feature of Murray Rothbard’s monumental history of economic thought is his vigorous denunciation of Adam Smith and the Wealth of Nations. Smith was “an...

How Prosperity Generates Poverty

05/09/2006 Mises Daily Paul B. Trescott

In a peculiar way, writes Paul Trescott, the underclass are subsidized by our prosperous society.

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