by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2026 | Blogs, Taxation
When I write about bad tax policy from international bureaucracies, that usually means I’m complaining about the International Monetary Fund or the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. And for good reason. Those...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 8, 2026 | Blogs
I’ve been very critical of the world’s three biggest international bureaucracies. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development The International Monetary Fund The United Nations I’m not against international cooperation, per se. It’s simply a...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Yesterday’s column was about a new report from Olivier De Schutter, a bureaucrat at the United Nations who has the grandiose title of being the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Mr. De Schutter claims that the welfare state (he calls it “social...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In 2018, I shared a visual that I referred to as the western world’s “most depressing chart.” It showed how the welfare state exploded in size after World War II and is now an enormous fiscal burden. This has been bad news for taxpayers, of course, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. Most of my hostility has been directed at the International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for the simple reason that they actually have some...
