by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Congratulations to Switzerland, the “improbable success” that is home to the world’s most sensible voters. The left put a referendum on the ballot to impose a national death tax and the people of Switzerland overwhelmingly voted...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. Most of my hostility has been directed at the International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for the simple reason that they actually have some...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2025 | Blogs, Europe
The American version of the Green New Deal included some subsidies for inefficient wind and solar, but it was largely just a marketing gimmick for a big expansion in the burden of government (everything from Medicare for All to student...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2024 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I get annoyed by the virtue-signalling leftism from the United Nations. And it irks me when the U.N. peddles dishonest analysis. And I’m also nauseated by the bureaucracy’s pervasive corruption. But, unlike...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
The United Kingdom has some terrible politicians (see here, here, here, here, and here). It also has some embarrassing members of the royal family. Way back in 2010, for instance, I wrote about how then-Prince Charles had an...