Robert E. Wright (Author of One Nation Under Debt)

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Robert E. Wright

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Born

in Rochester, N.Y., The United States

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History, Business, Nonfiction

Influences

Alexander Hamilton; Richard Ellis; Richard Sylla

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April 2013

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Wright is the Nef Family Chair of Political Economy at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D.

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聽In the immortal words of South Park Elementary guidance counselor Mr. Mackey, 鈥淒rugs are bad, mmmm kay.鈥� He might as well have said that tariffs are bad because tariffs and illicit drugs share several key elements. To ensure a healthy body politic, they should be used with caution and in moderation, if at all.

Both tax individuals. Yes, tariffs are taxes. They raise the price-tag of imported goods

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	One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe 3.57 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Financial Founding Fathers: The Men Who Made America Rich by Robert E. Wright (欧宝娱乐 Author), David J. Cowen 3.77 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The First Wall Street: Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, and the Birth of American Finance 3.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fubarnomics: A Lighthearted, Serious Look at America's Economic Ills 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Genealogy of American Finance by Robert E. Wright (欧宝娱乐 Author), Richard Sylla, Charles Royce (Foreword) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poverty of Slavery: How Unfree Labor Pollutes the Economy 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money and Banking by Robert E. Wright (欧宝娱乐 Author), Vincenzo Quadrini 2.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Corporation Nation 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Debating Universal Basic Income: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives by Robert E. Wright (欧宝娱乐 Author), Aleksandra Przegali艅ska 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“The statist view of redistribution ignores that forcibly taking resources from one person and giving to another breeds animosity and contempt in both parties.”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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“As James Madison noted 鈥渨here an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.鈥� Hence no man had any incentive other than to do what was strictly necessary to live through the day. That is the recipe for poverty.12”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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“When completely voluntary, the temperance movement, even perhaps its 鈥渢otal abstinence鈥� policy, was salutary. When it became politicized, however, great evil lurked.”
― Robert E. Wright, Liberty Lost: The Rise and Demise of Voluntary Association in America Since Its Founding

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