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In One Chart, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the European Fiscal Crisis

In One Chart, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the European Fiscal Crisis

I would have structured this flowchart differently, for reasons I discuss in this post, but this is pretty good picture of why Europe is in trouble. They say all roads… Read more »

U.S. Needs to Ditch the OECD

U.S. Needs to Ditch the OECD

This past week Standard and Poor’s lowered their credit rating for the U.S. for the first time ever amidst debt ceiling debates over the growing federal deficit. Our leaders have… Read more »

A Line in the Sand Against the OECD

A Line in the Sand Against the OECD

CF&P recently released a paper calling on low-tax jurisdictions to resist the OECD. The high-tax European welfare states which control the OECD continue to move the goal posts and devise… Read more »

Europe and Greece: Every Option Is on the Table…Except Doing the Right Thing

Europe and Greece: Every Option Is on the Table…Except Doing the Right Thing

eronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center has a very good – but somewhat depressing – analysis of the fiscal crisis in Greece. She basically concludes that bailouts will continue… Read more »

New Paper Explains Why Low-Tax Jurisdictions Should Resist OECD Attacks Against Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty

New Paper Explains Why Low-Tax Jurisdictions Should Resist OECD Attacks Against Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty

One of the biggest threats against global prosperity is the anti-tax competition project of a Paris-based international bureaucracy known as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD, acting… Read more »

Greetings from Ukraine, and Dismal News from Europe

Greetings from Ukraine, and Dismal News from Europe

I’m on the Crimean Peninsula for a meeting of the European Resource Bank. It’s my first trip to Ukraine, and the conference is being held at a hotel on the… Read more »

Is Portugal an “Adult Baby” Nation?

Is Portugal an “Adult Baby” Nation?

Yesterday, I took aim at a truly pathetic human being who lives as an “adult baby.” But what got me upset was not his lifestyle, but rather the fact that… Read more »

How Will You Celebrate Europe Day?

How Will You Celebrate Europe Day?

You probably didn’t realize that May 9th was Europe Day. Yes indeed, this is the day that you celebrate European unity, at least according to the bureaucrats of the European… Read more »

Why Is David Cameron Funding the Left in the UK…and Will Republicans Defund the Left in America?

Why Is David Cameron Funding the Left in the UK…and Will Republicans Defund the Left in America?

Here’s a new video from the Taxpayers Alliance in the United Kingdom exposing how left-wing environmental groups get funded by government handouts.

Federalism Spreads to the United Kingdom

Federalism Spreads to the United Kingdom

The United States, Canada, and Switzerland are the only developed nations that have some degree of genuine federalism (Germany and Australia don’t count by my standards), and Switzerland is the… Read more »