by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2024 | Blogs, Education
The case for school choice is very straightforward and very persuasive. Better educational outcomes.More educational freedom.Lower costs for taxpayers.Reining in teacher unions.Better government schools. All of these factors help to explain why school choice...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2023 | Blogs, States
I’ve written lots of columns comparing Texas and California (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here), and also several columns comparing Florida and New York (see here, here, here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2023 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
Two of the worst states for tax policy are California and New York. They have punitive income tax rates, high sales taxes, and myriad other ways of diverting money from the productive sector of the economy to finance bloated...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
There are many reasons to mock California voters and politicians. And there are also plenty of reasons to make fun of San Francisco voters and politicians. But what about the state’s other big city? Don’t politicians and voters in Los...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
The economic analysis of taxation has plenty of jargon, statistical analysis, and complicated graphs, which can make it seem very mysterious to ordinary people. But the core principles are actually very easy to understand. Simply stated,...
