What is the book... that calculates the true tax on goods / services

Miscellaneous General
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I know I heard about this from a Mises lecture while commuting in the past; but I seem to recall discussion of a book that went through and calculated the true cost of govt intervention on certain products.

So, a can of pop costs $.05 to produce and in a more normal market might cost .20 to get to the consumer, but there are the taxes the company pays, and the taxes the bottler pays, and misc. fees and charges that drive up the cost of the product, and the import tax on cane sugar which drives up the price b/c alternates were used…

Anyone know what I’m thinking of? Thanks!

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Not sure of a book, but Mark Thornton just posted this recent blog…

The Cost of a Government Regulator

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I don’t recall it either, other than a woman wrote it and it was called The Black Hand or some other play on Smith’s invisible hand.