by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2025 | Blogs, Europe
I supported Brexit for two reasons. The European Union is a sinking ship and a vote for Brexit spares British taxpayers from being on the hook when massive bailouts occur. Leaving the European Union would give the United Kingdom more leeway to choose a...
by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
When I write about America’s awful tax code, I generally focus on anti-growth policies such as high tax rates, the bias against saving and investment, and nightmarish and costly complexity. But there’s actually a fourth problem of “worldwide taxation”...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 10, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
Five years ago, I wrote that globalization is good, but that global governance is bad. That’s because globalization (as I define it) means free trade and other forms of cross-border economic activity. All of which is very consistent...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’m a big fan of tax competition. Why? Because if they’re not constrained by the fear that taxpayers can escape, I worry that short-sighted politicians (i.e., “stationary bandits“), will over-tax and over-spend. And that can lead to Greek-like fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In my recent column listing the “Best and Worst News of 2021,” I included Joe Biden’s global tax cartel as one of the awful things that happened in the past 12 months. It’s bad news for workers, consumers, and shareholders that...
