by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care, Taxation, VAT
What were the most noteworthy events from 2015? Regarding bad news, there’s unfortunately a lot of competition. But if I’m forced to pick the very worst developments, here’s my list. Resuscitation of the Export-Import Bank – I did a premature victory dance last year...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
It’s time to criticize my least-favorite international bureaucracy. Regular readers probably know that I’m not talking about the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, or World Bank. Those institutions all deserve mockery, but I think the Paris-based...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2015 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a Paris-based international bureaucracy. It used to engage in relatively benign activities such as data collection, but now focuses on promoting policies to expand the size and scope of government. That’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Here we go again. The politicians in Washington are whining and complaining that “evil” and “greedy” corporations are bring traitors by engaging in corporate inversions so they can leave America. The issue is very simple. The United States has a very unfriendly and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Whatever happened to Elizabeth Warren? A couple of years ago, she was the pin-up girl for the crazy left thanks to fatuous statements about “you didn’t build that.” But now she’s faded into the background and other politicians are getting more attention for their...
