by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Whenever I discuss the varying types of double taxation on saving and investment (capital gains tax, dividend tax, corporate income tax, death tax, wealth tax, etc), I always emphasize that such levies discourage capital...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Back in 2009, I narrated a video about the downsides of class-warfare tax policy. But if you don’t want to spend eight minutes watching the video (or 14 minutes watching this video), here’s a visual that summarizes why high tax rates discourage...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a fan of the International Monetary Fund, in part because the international bureaucracy is infamous for pressuring nations to impose higher taxes. The bureaucrats at the IMF have even claimed that higher taxes somehow will...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Trump had some economically illiterate tweets about trade during his presidency, including the infamous one about being “Tariff Man.” I think Joe Biden must be feeling envious that Trump got so much attention, so he has issued a tweet showing that...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Thomas Piketty is a big proponent of class-warfare tax policy because he views inequality as a horrible outcome. But a soak-the-rich policy agenda, echoed by many other academics such as Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman,...
