An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states is a detailed and critical look at income taxation across the nation and drills down into an analysis of the economic growth or malaise that results from tax policy arguing eloquently that a state cannot tax itself into prosperity just as the impoverished cannot spend themselves into wealth the authors point out what many inherently know but often fear to say out loud the book provides detailed quantitative analysis and . An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states howtaxes energy and worker freedom hange everything dr arthur b laffer stephen moore rex a sinqueffeld travis h brown wlley contents prologue xiii chapter 1 the fall from grace the story of states 11 and the income tax adopted 1 the implementation of an income tax a terrible mistake 1 that giant sucking sound is people . An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states how taxes energy and worker freedom change everything wiley a passionate detailed quantified argument for state level tax reform an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states explains why eliminating or lowering tax burdens at the state level leads to economic . An inquiry into the nature andcauses of the wealth of states is a detailed and critical lookat income taxation across the nation and drills down into ananalysis of the economic growth or malaise that results from taxpolicy arguing eloquently that a state cannot tax itself intoprosperity just as the impoverished cannot spend themselves intowealth the authors point out what many inherently . An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states how taxes energy and worker freedom change everything an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of states explains why eliminating or lowering tax burdens at the state level leads to economic growth and wealth creation