by Dan Mitchell | Jul 23, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m rather pessimistic about Italy. Simply stated, its economy is moribund. If you peruse the OECD’s economic database, you’ll see that both inflation-adjusted GDP and inflation-adjusted private consumption expenditure (in some ways a more accurate measure of actual...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 22, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m in Las Vegas for FreedomFest, which is sort of like summer camp for libertarians, small-government conservatives, and others who don’t like a bloated and intrusive state. I’ll be talking about tax reform, the sharing economy, and strategies to constrain big...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Every so often, I run across a chart, cartoon, or story that captures the essence of an issue. And when that happens, I make it part of my “everything you need to know” series. I don’t actually think those columns tell us everything we need to know, of course, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve shared several quizzes that people can take to see whether they are libertarian, some of which are very simple and some of which are very nuanced and complex. The Definitive Political Orientation test. The Circle test. The Libertarian Purity test. The 8 Values...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2017 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I don’t like the income tax that’s been imposed by our overlords in Washington. Indeed, I’ve speculated whether October 3 is the worst day of the year because that’s the date when the Revenue Act of 1913 was signed into law. I don’t like state income taxes, either....
