by Dan Mitchell | Sep 3, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
Back in 2012, I was both amused and horrified to learn that the Greek government actually required entrepreneurs to submit…um…stool samples if they wanted to set up online companies. Well, there’s apparently a surplus of that…er…material on the streets of San...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I focus on public finance, I think California is crazy because of punitive taxes and reckless spending policies. But I can understand why other people think California is crazy, period. This is a state, after all, where politicians come up with bizarre ideas...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
There’s a problem in California. No, I’m not referring to the punitive tax laws. Nor am I talking about the massive unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pension. Those are big problems, to be sure, but today’s topic is the state’s government-created housing crisis. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
California is a lot like France. They’re both wonderful places to visit. And they’re both great places to live if you already have a lot of money. But neither jurisdiction is very friendly to people who want to get rich. And, thanks to tax competition, that’s having a...
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...
