by Dan Mitchell | Oct 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, States, Taxation
Keeping with tradition, let’s look at the results from the Tax Foundation’s annual Tax Competitiveness Index (as I did in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, etc, etc). Here’s a map showing how states are ranked. It’s good to be light green...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 26, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The newest edition of Economic Freedom of the World has been released by the Fraser Institute and I will continue my tradition (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc) of putting a spotlight on major developments. We’ll...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Regulations
Earlier this month, I shared some research about the economic cost of ambiguous laws, which I called clutter. Today’s column will do something similar, except the term used will be “anti-competitive market distortions.” Here’s a visual from a new...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2025 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Just like I’ve done in previous years (2024, 2023, 2022, etc, etc), it’s time share some highlights from the Tax Foundation’s annual report on state tax competitiveness. The 2025 version has been released and this map shows states with...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2025 | Blogs, States
When I write about state economic policy, my go-to resources are Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 States. But I need to add Rich States, Poor States, which is published by the American Legislative Exchange Council. Here’s a...