by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I don’t know whether it’s because I’m a libertarian or because I’m an economist, but I get very frustrated by the issue of corporate inversions. It galls me to hear demagogic politicians like Obama make absurd statements about “unpatriotic” corporations that...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote last year about the remarkable acknowledgement by Bono that free markets were the best way to lift people out of poverty. The leader of the U2 band and long-time anti-poverty activist specifically stated that, “capitalism has been the most effective ideology...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Most of us will never be directly impacted by the international provisions of the internal revenue code. That’s bad news because it presumably means we don’t have a lot of money, but it’s good news because IRS policies regarding “foreign-source income” are a poisonous...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation
People pay every single penny of tax that politicians impose on corporations. The investors that own companies obviously pay (more than one time!) when governments tax profits. The workers employed by companies obviously pay, both directly and indirectly, because of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve complained over and over again that America’s tax code is a nightmare that undermines competitiveness and retards growth. Our aggregate fiscal burden may not be as high as it is for many of our foreign competitors, but high tax rates and poor design mean the...
