A Case Study of Sloppy Research and Media Bias

by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation

I periodically criticize pro-statism stories and columns in outlets such as the New York Times and Washington Post. But I’ve only written one column specifically on the topic of whether the press is slanted. In...

The Case Against Biden’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy, Part IV

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation

I’ve shared three reasons why Biden’s tax plan is misguided (the tax code is biased against rich taxpayers, the tax hike would have Laffer-Curve implications, and it would saddle America with the world’s highest corporate tax burden). For Part...

The Case Against Biden’s Class-Warfare Tax Policy, Part III

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation

In Part I of this series, I explained that President-Elect Biden’s soak-the-rich agenda didn’t make sense because the internal revenue code already is very biased against upper-income taxpayers. Indeed, the U.S. tax system is even more weighted against...

Spain’s Self-Imposed Fiscal Mess Is Going to Get Much Worse

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

Early last decade, when writing about Spain’s fiscal crisis, I pointed out that the country got in trouble for the same reason Greece got in trouble. Simply stated, government spending grew faster than the private economy. And when nations...

Compared to the United States, Does Europe Have a “Better” Distribution of Income?

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2021 | Blogs, Economics

As illustrated by my recent three-part series (here, here, and here), I care about helping the poor rather then hurting the rich. More broadly, I want a bigger economic pie so that everyone can have a larger slice. And I don’t particularly care if some people get...