by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
What nation has the world’s best tax policy? There are relatively straightforward ways of answering that question, such as looking at the places (Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Monaco, etc) with no income tax. If you focus on bigger nations, you can look at...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2024 | 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 (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc) of sharing the big-picture highlights. I normally start by...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Uncategorized
In 2022, Chris Edwards released his Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors and calculated that Kim Reynolds of Iowa was the best in the nation. That was an improvement over her 2nd-place finish in 2020. How did she do this year...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Free Market
It’s an annual tradition (2023, 2022, 2021…all the way back to 2010) to write about the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. Since most people care about relative rankings, I’ll start with a look at the 25 nations that have the most...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market
Yesterday’s column, based on Freedom in the 50 States, applauded New Hampshire for being the most libertarian state and the most market-oriented state. Today, let’s look at the Economic Freedom of North America, published by the Fraser Institute, which also...
