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Lecture series · recorded 2005

The Trouble with Taxation

The Trouble with Taxation is a free lecture series (6 recordings, 4.4 hours) you can stream or download at freecapitalists.org, with 4 speakers.

American Revolution was a tax revolt. So was Fort Sumter. The Bible and Shakespeare are full of tax stories. Even the Rosetta Stone is about taxes. 14–15 January 2005, Charlottesville, VA.

Legal SystemTaxes and SpendingBiographiesU.S. HistoryMedia and CultureWar and Foreign Policy

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  1. 01

    The Dangers of Tax Reform 2005

    Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. · 26:31 · 6.1 MB · Recorded 18 January 2005

    Recorded 15 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference , Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Political TheoryLegal SystemTaxes and Spending

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  2. 02

    Taxes in American History 2005

    Thomas J. DiLorenzo · 45:43 · 10.5 MB · Recorded 14 January 2005

    Recorded 14 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Taxes and SpendingU.S. History

    Read the transcript 6,901 words

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    Lincoln's Tariff War 2005

    Thomas J. DiLorenzo · 48:33 · 11.1 MB · Recorded 15 January 2005

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  4. 04

    Thank Goodness for FDR's Tax Cut 2005

    Mark Thornton · 32:45 · 7.5 MB · Recorded 22 January 2005

    Recorded 15 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    BiographiesTaxes and SpendingU.S. History

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    Taxation and Literary History, or Who Killed John Keats? 2005

    Paul A. Cantor · 1:00:01 · 13.7 MB · Recorded 25 January 2005

    Recorded 15 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Media and CultureTaxes and Spending

    Read the transcript 8,659 words

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  6. 06

    Rothbard's Economics of Taxation: Where the Mainstream Went Wrong 2005

    Thomas J. DiLorenzo · 52:38 · 12.0 MB · Recorded 14 January 2005

    Recorded 14 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference , Charlottesville, Virginia.

    Austrian Economics OverviewBiographiesTaxes and Spending

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Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, Paul A. Cantor, Thomas J. DiLorenzo.

Recording dates, summaries and topics for 6 of these 6 lectures come from the Mises Institute's page for The Trouble with Taxation, checked 2026-09-27.

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Is The Trouble with Taxation free to listen to?
Yes. All 6 mirrored recordings stream in the browser or download as audio, at no cost and with no signup.
How long is The Trouble with Taxation?
6 recordings, 4.4 hours in total.
Who lectures in The Trouble with Taxation?
Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., Mark Thornton, Paul A. Cantor, and Thomas J. DiLorenzo.
When was The Trouble with Taxation recorded?
2005, per the recording dates recovered for this series.
Is there a transcript of The Trouble with Taxation?
Yes. Every lecture in the series has one, 39,744 words in total, free to read on each lecture's page and searchable in the browser.

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