by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2018 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
In 2016, here’s some of what I wrote about the economic outlook in Illinois. There’s a somewhat famous quote from Adam Smith (“there is a great deal of ruin in a nation“) about the ability of a country to survive and withstand lots of bad public policy. I’ve tried to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I called Trump a big-government Republican during the 2016 campaign and just condemned his capitulation to a spendaholic budget deal, it goes without saying that I’m not a huge fan of the President. Heck, I also recently criticized his protectionism, warning...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The worst-international-bureaucracy contest is heating up. In recent years, the prize has belonged to the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for reasons outlined in this interview. Indeed, I’ve even argued that subsidies for the OECD are...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s now a pattern. I’ll come across a soul-sapping story about terrible suffering caused by statism in Venezuela and I think the country has hit rock bottom. Such as back in September, when I read about people literally starving. But then I will read another report...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
I explained back in 2013 that there is a big difference between being pro-market and being pro-business. Pro-market is a belief in genuine free enterprise, which means companies succeed or fail solely on the basis of whether they produce goods and services that...
