by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
A new edition of the Human Freedom Index has been released. When you combine measures of personal freedom and economic freedom, the “sensible nation” of Switzerland is at the top of the rankings. I don’t know if this means we should view...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Yesterday’s column included a map showing which states gained and lost the most population over the past year. I speculated that some of America’s internal migration was driven by differences in tax policy. So it’s appropriate today that I share this map from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve written many times about how Americans are moving from high-tax states to low-tax states. Now we have even more evidence because the Census Bureau has issued its annual report on state population...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s hard to be optimistic about Japan’s economic future, in large part because the burden of government is expanding thanks to an aging population and a tax-and-transfer entitlement system. Maintaining that approach is a recipe for ever-higher...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2021 | Blogs
There are not many advantages to being old, but I feel lucky to have been alive to see the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. We should celebrate this victory over evil every day. But especially on December...
