http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2010/07/09/jobs_taxes_sirota/index.html
It’s totally understandable that some people feel “uncomfortable” when they first hear about Mises/Hayek’s feelings about empirical data. But this article is a great demonstration of how empiricism without apriorism and the logical underpinnings of praxeology can lead to nonsense. The author tracks the correlation between marginal tax rates and GDP growth and concludes that “the numbers prove that higher marginal tax rates generate more resources for the job-creating, wage-generating public investments (roads, bridges, broadband, etc.) that sustain an economy”.
I would think that something like this would be great batting practice for a mises.org article, but I think it would actually be insulting to someone like Bob Murphy to have to respond to something so utterly backward.