by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve been in Panama with some friends for the past two weeks, in part to enjoy warm sunshine. But I’m also here because I wanted to research possible options in case the United States somehow wound up with a hard-core leftist in the White House. With “Crazy Bernie”...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in IFC Review on April 18, 2016, and was coauthored by Brian Garst. The public dump of millions of private correspondence and other legal documents as part of the so-called ‘Panama Papers’ leak predictably sparked a media frenzy. In the weeks...
by Brian Garst | Apr 13, 2016 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Havens, Taxation
The media has breathlessly reported on the massive data breach of Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca. Much of that coverage has involved the politicians and other figures whose activities revealed corruption, ethical lapses, or dishonesty and wrongdoing. That...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2016 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote a couple of days ago about the “Panama Papers” issue and touched on the key issues. I explained that this non-scandal scandal is simply another chapter in the never-ending war by high-tax governments against tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Financial Privacy, Tax Havens, Taxation
Three years ago, thieves stole a bunch of information from “offshore” service providers in the Cook Islands and British Virgin Islands. This was supposed to be a ground-breaking exposé with huge ramifications, but it turned out to be a tempest in a teapot. As I...
