by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
When I write about the economics of fiscal policy and need to give people an easy-to-understand explanation on how government spending affects growth, I share my four-part video series. But. other than a much-too-short primer on growth and taxation from 2016, I don’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Two months ago, I shared some data on private gun ownership in the United States and declared that those numbers generated “The Most Enjoyable Graph of 2018.” Now I have something even better because it confirms my hypothesis about tax competition being the most...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I generally don’t chortle with joy when I read the Washington Post. This is the newspaper, after all, that often slants the news in ways that irk me. Deceptive reporting about Medicaid. Deceptive reporting about the budget. Deceptive reporting about Obamacare....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Since it’s the last day of the year, let’s look back on 2017 and highlight the biggest victories and losses for liberty. For last year’s column, we had an impressive list of overseas victories in 2016, including the United Kingdom’s Brexit from the European Union,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
In early November, I reviewed the House’s tax plan and the Senate’s tax plan. I was grading on a curve. I wasn’t expecting or hoping for something really bold like a flat tax. Instead, I simply put forward a wish list of a few incremental reforms that would make an...
