by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Socialism is a very bad concept. It deserves mockery rather than respect. But that’s true of all statist ideologies. Last year, as part of a column on the collapse of the Soviet Empire, I put together a statism spectrum showing the degree to which various nations...
by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I feel sorry for the Venezuelan people, but I’m perversely glad that the country is collapsing. That’s because it’s nice to have proof that Margaret Thatcher was right when she famously warned that the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other...
by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote yesterday about the Obama Administration’s head-in-the-sand approach regarding the anti-competitive nature of America’s corporate tax system (though maybe fiddling while Rome burns is a better metaphor). Fortunately, some nations have more sensible policy...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Since Pope Francis is very critical of capitalism, I suppose it’s fitting that he had a special meeting with America’s crazy-Uncle-in-the-attic, Bernie Sanders. With my sixth-grade sense of humor, I confess that my initial instinct (perhaps motivated by the famous...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
If you follow the contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, most of the tax discussion is about who has the best plan to squeeze the rich with ever-higher tax rates. For those motivated by spite and envy, Bernie Sanders “wins” that debate since he wants...
