by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2017 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Over the years, I’ve been pleasantly surprised to find intellectuals on the left who are willing to risk opprobrium from their ideological peers by acknowledging that gun control doesn’t make sense. In 2012, I shared some important observations from Jeffrey Goldberg,...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve shared a couple of amusing posts featuring Libertarian Jesus (see here and here), both of which make the point that compassion isn’t demonstrated by redistributing someone else’s income. So it’s time to create a parallel character. We’ll call him Libertarian...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
There are several challenges when trying to analyze the impact of policy on economic performance. One problem is isolating the impact of a specific policy. I like Switzerland’s spending cap, for instance, but to what extent is that policy responsible for the country’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
For months, I’ve been arguing that the big reduction in the corporate tax rate is the most important part of Trump’s tax agenda. But not because of politics or anything like that. Instead, my goal is to enable additional growth by shifting to a system that doesn’t do...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m currently in Iceland for a conference organized by the European Students for Liberty. I spoke earlier today on the case for lower taxes and I made six basic points. Taxes undermine prosperity. Taxes reduce competitiveness. Taxes are self-destructive. Taxes are...
