by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
When writing about the statist agenda of international bureaucracies, I generally focus my attention on the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Today, let’s give some attention to the United Nations. Based on this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2018 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I don’t think I’m a glass-half-empty kind of person, but I realized that I have a habit of sharing “depressing” charts. The “most depressing” chart about Denmark. A “very depressing” chart about the United States. The “most depressing” chart about Japan. Well, as the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 23, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I try not to get too agitated about media bias, but I sometimes get “triggered” when the deliberate inaccuracies involve economic issues. And I get really irked when reporters write about non-existent spending cuts. I’ve previously mocked the New York Times on this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
My long-running feud with the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development could be categorized as a fight over tax compliance. The bureaucrats at the OECD say that financial privacy must be eviscerated and the fiscal sovereignty must be wiped...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Back in January, I compared Reagan’s pro-trade views with Trump’s cramped protectionism. Well, here’s another video of the Gipper talking about trade. I especially like how he used “destructionism” to describe protectionism. And let’s consider exactly the kind of...
