This debate over “tax extenders” is a sad illustration of why the tax system is such a mess.
Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
George H.W. Bush: Good Man, Bad President
Bush was not as good of a president as a man.
There’s No Galt’s Gulch, but New Zealand, Switzerland, and Hong Kong Are the Next-Best Alternatives
There is a correlation between personal freedom and economic freedom.
More Evidence for Private Social Security
Many developed nations already have fully or partly privatized systems.
Research on Why Lower-Income People Are Skeptical about a Bigger Welfare State
There are many plausible explanations, but which is right?
The World’s Most Depressing Tweet
It shouldn’t be this way.
France, Taxes, and Riots
The French have taken to the streets to protest higher taxes.
The Economic Illiteracy of Tariff Man
An astounding collection of inaccurate and offensive statements in a single tweet.
Supply-Side Economics and the Post-Reagan Years
Steve Moore and Art Laffer are the authors of Trumponomics, a largely favorable book about the President’s economic policy. I have a more jaundiced view about Trump. I’m happy to praise his good policies (taxes and regulation), but I also condemn his bad policies…
The Looming Debt Crisis in Developing Economies
Most governments have not learned from Greece’s mistakes.