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The better an entrepreneur succeeds, the more is he vilified and themore is he soaked by taxation.

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Ludwig von Mises
Age: 92 †
Born: 1881
Born: September 29
Died: 1973
Died: October 10
Economist
Philosopher
University Teacher
Writer
Lemberg
Austria
Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises
Ludwig Heinrich Mises
Entrepreneur
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Better
Vilified
Soaked
Succeeds
Taxation

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