by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Statists occasionally get very angry about some of my views. My support for “tax havens” periodically seems to touch a raw nerve, for instance, though I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised since some people are so crazy that they have even urged military action against...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I have a love-hate relationship with corporations. On the plus side, I admire corporations that efficiently and effectively compete by producing valuable goods and services for consumers, and I aggressively defend those firms from politicians who want to impose...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
While economists are famous for their disagreements (and their incompetent forecasts), there is universal consensus in the profession that demand curves slope downward. That may be meaningless jargon to non-economists, but it simply means that people buy less of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Education
“So many bad ideas, so little time.” That’s my attitude about Hillary Clinton. She proposes misguided policies at such a rapid rate that I feel like I’m having to spend too much of each day trying to correct all the economic mistakes that emanate from her and her...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It’s not a big day for normal people, but today is exciting for fiscal policy wonks because the Congressional Budget Office has released its new 10-year forecast of how much revenue Uncle Sam will collect based on current law and how much the burden of government...
