by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Nearly 13 years ago, I narrated this video about the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based international bureaucracy that uses American tax dollars to advocate for bigger government and higher taxes. Everything I said in that video is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I normally write a column every year (2021, 2020, 2019, etc) when the Tax Foundation releases its International Tax Competitiveness Index, in part because I’m curious to see how the United States compares to other developed nations. I somehow overlooked...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The world’s freest economy is Singapore, followed closely by Switzerland. That’s according to the 2023 edition of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. The bad news is that there are only four nation that enjoy “free” economies....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I frequently call attention to the “anti-convergence club” because of the many real-world examples showing that nations with free markets and limited governments enjoy much better economic performance. Here are just a few case studies. North Korea vs...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
Back in 2016, I shared three videos to explain the theory of “public choice,” which is simply the application of economic principles to understand the self-interested behavior of politicians, bureaucracies, and voters. Wonky readers will enjoy...
