September 15, 2009 11:27AM 

# How the Government Broke up the Beatles 

By [Julian Sanchez](https://www.cato.org/people/julian-sanchez) 

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Forget the effect on production incentives and GDP growth—[Matt Lewis at Politics Daily](http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/15/dont-blame-yoko-taxes-killed-the-beatles/) points to an [article in the *Times* of London](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/daniel_finkelstein/article6826591.ece) arguing that confiscatory tax rates *broke up the Beatles*, which may be the most heinous crime of government since the liquidation of the kulaks.

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