New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Debunks Depression Myths, Exposes Damaging Impact of Statist Policies by Hoover and FDR
The latest “Economics 101″ video released today by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (CF&P), narrated by Michelle Fields, explains that most politicians have learned the wrong lessons from the Great Depression. Entitled, “The New Deal Was A Failure: Hoover and FDR Prolonged the Great Depression with Big Government,”... Read more
Just in Case You Needed More Evidence that Obama’s Faux Stimulus Was a Failure
Much of the “stimulus” debate has revolved around macroeconomic issues. Obama squandered about $800 billion, supposedly to “jolt” the economy, but growth has been anemic and the employment situation has been miserable. But it’s equally Read more
New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Highlights Key Lessons From European Fiscal Crisis
The latest “Economics 101″ video released today by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (CF&P), narrated by Silvia Morandotti, a student at The University of Milan, draws upon the European sovereign debt turmoil to provide timely lessons for US policymakers. Entitled, “The European Fiscal Crisis and Lessons for America,”... Read more
New Study Documents OECD’s Transformation Into International Tax Cartel
“Cartelizing Taxes: Understanding the OECD’s Campaign Against ‘Harmful Tax Competition’,” documents the transformation of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) from its “initial focus on finding solutions to problems that impeded international economic activity” into an organization... Read more
Congressional Hearing Highlights Destructive Impact of Job-Killing IRS Regulation
A Subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing Thursday on a proposed IRS regulation to require reporting of nonresident alien deposit interest information. Such interest is not taxed under US law, and requiring its reporting would drive away much needed foreign capital, while providing zero benefit to the US economy or... Read more
Coalition for Tax Competition Urges End to Taxpayer Subsidies for Paris-Based OECD
In a letter released today, the Coalition for Tax Competition asked members of Congress to cut the $100 million taxpayer subsidy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Citing the OECD’s record as an opponent of tax competition, the letter argues that US taxpayers should not be funding an organization which works against... Read more
No More Bailouts for the IMF
I’m not an expert on addiction, but it’s probably safe to assume that one would never treat an alcoholic by giving him more booze. Or treat an addict by giving him more drugs. So you won’t be surprised to learn that I’m opposed to bailou Read more
New “Economics 101” Video from CF&P Exposes Failure of the War on Poverty, Calls for Free Markets for Upward Mobility
The latest “Economics 101″ video released today by the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation (CF&P), narrated by Hadley Heath of the Independent Women’s Forum, calls for restoring economic freedom to reduce poverty. Entitled, “Free Markets, Not Redistribution, Is Best Way to Reduce Poverty,” the video puts poverty in... Read more
What's New
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CF&P Briefs International Businesses on Threats to Tax Competition
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity (CF&P) is participating Wednesday in a conference in the British Virgin Islands, where Dan Mitchell and Brian Garst will outline growing threats to international tax competition and business.
- New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Debunks Depression Myths, Exposes Damaging Impact of Statist Policies by Hoover and FDR
- New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Highlights Key Lessons From European Fiscal Crisis
- New Study Documents OECD's Transformation Into International Tax Cartel
Videos
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The New Deal Was A Failure: Hoover and FDR Prolonged the Great Depression with Big Government
This mini-documentary from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation explains how the statist policies of Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt lengthened and deepened the Great Depression. The video also briefly explains how reductions in the burden of government spending helped the economy recover from a deep recession after World War I and to grow after World War II.
- The European Fiscal Crisis and Lessons for America
- Free Markets, Not Redistribution, Is Best Way to Reduce Poverty
- Promote Federalism and Replicate the Success of Welfare Reform with Medicaid Block Grants
Publications
Congressional Hearing on IRS Nonresident Alien Interest Reporting Proposal
The proposed IRS non-resident alien interest deposit reporting requirement received an unfriendly reception at an October 27 hearing held by a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee. We were on hand to represent CF&P, and noted that the hearing was both a testament to our success in disseminating the many arguments against the proposed regulation, as well as affirmation of the need to continue fighting vigorously against the IRS proposal.
Monitoring the OECD’s Campaign Against Tax Competition, Fiscal Sovereignty, and Financial Privacy: Strategies for Low-Tax Jurisdictions
The tide is now turning against high-tax nations – particularly as more people understand that ever-increasing fiscal burdens inevitably lead to Greek-style fiscal collapse. Political changes in the United States further complicate the OECD’s ability to impose bad policy. Because of these developments, low-tax jurisdictions should be especially resistant to new anti-tax competition initiatives at the Bermuda Global Forum.
