by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on January 29, 2018. Donald Trump has been a never-ending source of controversy since becoming president, but his ascent to the White House has not caused the collapse of western civilization. And even though he has now...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Judged by the amount of attention various provisions produced, last year’s fight over tax reform was about reducing the corporate tax rate and limiting the deduction for state and local taxes. But there were many other important changes, including a a big increase in...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
The good news is that President Trump wants to boost economic growth, which is a laudable goal after the economy’s sub-par performance during the Obama years. The bad news is that he may sabotage his good reforms of tax policy and regulation with protectionism. In a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2018 | Blogs, Society
Last September, Economic Freedom of the World was released, which was sort of like Christmas for wonks who follow international economic policy. I eagerly combed through that report, which (predictably) had Hong Kong and Singapore as the top two jurisdictions. I was...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2018 | Blogs, Health Care, Taxation
I don’t like it when voters support tax increases. Needless to say, voters rarely if ever vote to raise their own taxes. Instead, they get seduced into robbing their neighbors in exchange for the promise of new goodies from politicians. Regardless, it’s still very...
