by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
As illustrated by this video tutorial, I’m a big advocate of the Laffer Curve. I very much want to help policy makers understand (especially at the Joint Committee on Taxation) that there’s not a linear relationship between tax rates and tax revenue. In other words,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
Last month, I revealed that even Paul Krugman agreed with the core principle of the Laffer Curve. Today, we have another unlikely ally. Regular readers know that I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Paris-based...
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....
