This paper is a response to the British Chancellor of the Exchequer's consultation on closer integration of the operation of National Insurance contributions and income tax. Our historical research on proposals for a complete merger of the two systems enables people interested in tax reform to...

"In this review of von Mises'"Bureaucracy", the contribution of von Mises to our understanding of some of the pernicious effects of the use of bureaucracies to allocate goods and services is analysed." Copyright (c) 2007 The Author. Journal compilation (c) Institute of Economic Affairs 2007.