by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in 2013, when I was still doing a “question of the week” column, I suggested that Australian was the best option for those contemplating a new home in the event of some sort of Greek-style fiscal collapse in the United States. I pointed out that America wasn’t in...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2017 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I shared some academic research last year showing that top-level inventors are very sensitive to tax policy and that they migrate from high-tax nations to low-tax jurisdictions. Now we have some new scholarly research showing that they also migrate from high-tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
The Republican tax plan is based on some very attractive principles. Lowering the corporate tax rate. Ending the tax bias against new investment. Eliminating harmful loopholes. Reducing double taxation. Unfortunately, the GOP isn’t planning to completely fix these...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
For months, I’ve been arguing that the big reduction in the corporate tax rate is the most important part of Trump’s tax agenda. But not because of politics or anything like that. Instead, my goal is to enable additional growth by shifting to a system that doesn’t do...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
In my research and travels, I come across all sorts of strange stories about tax policy. Sometimes I learn about bizarrely foolish tax policies, such as the German tax on online coffee sales that loses money for government. Sometimes I learn about heartening protests...
