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​​The Moral Defects of Public Finance

Public finance—the means by which government obtains the funds that it spends—is morally problematic. The more that government expenditures increase, the greater the likelihood of moral mischief.
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​​The Moral Defects of Public Finance
The Treasury Department in Washington, D.C. on April 25, 2021. Al Drago/Reuters
Mark Hendrickson
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Public finance—the means by which government obtains the funds that it spends—is morally problematic. The more that government expenditures increase, the greater the likelihood of moral mischief.

Mark Hendrickson
Mark Hendrickson
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Mark Hendrickson is an economist who retired from the faculty of Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he remains fellow for economic and social policy at the Institute for Faith and Freedom. He is the author of several books on topics as varied as American economic history, anonymous characters in the Bible, the wealth inequality issue, and climate change, among others.
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