by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
One (hopefully endearing) trait of being a policy wonk is that I have a weakness for jurisdictional rankings. At least if they’re methodologically sound. This is why I was so happy a couple of weeks ago when I got to peruse and analyze the 2016 version of Economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 2, 2016 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Like all good libertarians, I hate waiting in government-mandated lines. Heck, you don’t even have to be a curmudgeonly libertarian to have unpleasant thoughts about the Post Office or Department of Motor Vehicles (not to mention the virtual lines that exist for...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2016 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
I have a love-hate relationship with corporations. On the plus side, I admire corporations that efficiently and effectively compete by producing valuable goods and services for consumers, and I aggressively defend those firms from politicians who want to impose...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
If you get into the weeds of tax policy and had a contest for parts of the internal revenue code that are “boring but important,” depreciation would be at the top of the list. After all, how many people want to learn about America’s Byzantine system that imposes a...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Okay, I’ll admit the title of this post is an exaggeration. There are lots of things you should know – most bad, though some good – about international bureaucracies. That being said, regular readers know that I get very frustrated with the statist policy agendas of...
