by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2020 | Blogs, Crime, Society
In recent months, governments released prisoners and announced that some laws wouldn’t be enforced because of the coronavirus. Now, with protests against police misbehavior, we’re seeing governments fail to maintain law and order. As suggested by this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
Assuming the goal is more prosperity, lawmakers who work on tax issues should be guided by the “Holy Trinity” of good policy. Low marginal tax rates on productive activity such as work and entrepreneurship. No tax bias (i.e., extra layers of tax) that penalizes saving...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When writing yesterday’s column about new competitiveness rankings from the IMD business school in Switzerland, I noticed that I have not yet written about this year’s edition of the Index of Economic Freedom. Time to rectify that oversight. We’ll start with a look at...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
When looking at which nations have the best economic policy, the best options are the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World and the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. But I also look forward to other measures, including the annual...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like most libertarians, I support decentralization and federalism. Under the right circumstances, I’m even sympathetic to the idea of secession (hooray for Brexit!). This is why I have no problem with a community based on voluntary socialism. History tells us that...
