by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
I’m a big fan of the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These three countries emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Empire and they have taken advantage of their independence to become successful market-driven economies. One key to their relative...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Tax Competition, Taxation
Back in 2010, I shared a cartoon video making a very important point that there’s a big downside when class-warfare politicians abuse and mistreat highly productive taxpayers. Simply stated, the geese with the golden eggs may fly away. And this isn’t just theory. As...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
While the overall issue of immigration is highly controversial and emotional, I’ve explained before that everyone should be able to agree that it’s a very good idea to bring in people who can be expected to increase per-capita economic output. The good news is that we...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 15, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the new rankings from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report and noted that America’s private sector is considered world class but that our public sector ranks poorly compared to many other developed nations. To...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
Let’s set aside the distasteful world of politics and contemplate U.S. competitiveness. Specifically, let’s examine America’s position in the latest edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report. This Report is partly a measure of policy (sort of...
