by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2022 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Because I dedicated last week to European fiscal policy, I didn’t get a chance to write about the Tax Foundation’s latest version of the State Business Tax Climate Index, which was released October 25. Last year, the top-4 states were Wyoming,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When I wrote about the 2021 edition of Economic Freedom of the World, I noted that both Chile and Canada were drifting in the wrong direction. In the just-released 2022 version, there’s not any good news about those two...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2022 | Blogs, States, Taxation
I regularly share reports that measure how states rank for economic policy. Economic Freedom of North AmericaFreedom in the 50 StatesState Business Tax Climate IndexState income taxesState sales taxesState budgetary burdens Now we can augment this collection. A...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Back in 2014, I shared a video explaining why the “rule of law” is important for a just and free society. Here’s another video on the same point. When I discuss rule of law (generally when explaining the various components that are used to...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
A new edition of the Human Freedom Index has been released. When you combine measures of personal freedom and economic freedom, the “sensible nation” of Switzerland is at the top of the rankings. I don’t know if this means we should view...
