For example, assume that Ken currently has $10,000 in annual Social Security benefits, with 85 percent of those benefits taxed at a marginal rate of 15 percent. The tax bill on his Social Security benefits is $1,275 (= $10,000Ã0.85Ã0.15).
Friedrich August von Hayek CH (8 May 1899 - 23 March 1992) was an Austrian, later British, economist and philosopher most famous for his defense of classical liberalism.
On October 19th another group of economists replied with their own letter to the Times. But this was October 1932 and the letters were written by John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich von Hayek. It says much about the essentially static nature of economic knowledge that an 80 year old debate remains so compelling today that it continues to inspire radio shows, debates, books, and even rap-offs.