by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2026 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
This series (click for Part I and Part II) examines the states that are on the wrong side of the major tax divergence that has taken place and is taking place. And “wrong side” is defined, unsurprisingly, as the states that are pursuing class...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I sometimes root for bad things to happen. In my defense, I don’t like bad things, but in some cases I think bad outcomes will generate powerful evidence against bad policies. And this can result in a net increase in...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2026 | Blogs, Taxation
People sometimes will get excited about big-picture tax fights – whether politicians should raise taxes, whether they should add a VAT, or whether they should scrap the IRS for a flat tax. On the other had, there are a handful of tax issues that induce...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
I created the 8th Theorem of Government because it’s important to distinguish between people who want to help the poor and people who want to punish the rich. The former group has good motives while the latter group has ignoble motivations....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Here’s the latest data looking at how poverty has dramatically declined since the advent of capitalism, courtesy of Our World in Data at Oxford University. I wanted to begin today’s column with this uplifting data because we’re going to be focusing on how to help the...
