Joseph Solis-Mullen argues that Schumpeter’s critique of state power is relevant

Joseph Solis-Mullen : Joseph Schumpeter's critique of state power resonates with Austrian School's warnings of the dangers of the state.

He says the state is not some idealized public institution tending toward the public good, but a state whose size, shape, and role is defined by its ability to raise revenue, especially through taxation, he says.

The Roman state became, in effect, a parasite too bloated to be sustained by the very society that birthed it.

Joseph Solis-Mullen is a political scientist, economist, and Ralph Raico Fellow at the Libertarian Institute .

His insights into the fiscal foundations of state power, his historical realism, and his warnings about the bureaucratization of society remain essential reading.

We may part ways with him on equilibrium theory or his fatalism about capitalism’s demise, but we should recognize his contribution to understanding the pathologies of state growth.