by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There are many reasons to reject Joe Biden’s proposal for higher corporate tax rates, and I listed many of them when I narrated this nine-minute video. This two-minute video from the Tax Foundation has a similar message. The main message is that...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending
A couple of days ago, I shared the most-recent data about “actual individual consumption” in nations that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. My goal was to emphasize my oft-stated point about people in the United...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
More than 12 years ago, I shared this video containing lots of data and research on the negative relationship between government spending and economic performance. Since then, I’ve share numerous additional studies showing that bigger government dampens...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 22, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Writing last week about the new edition of Economic Freedom of the World, I largely focused on the jurisdictions that got high scores (Hong Kong, Singapore, and New Zealand) and countries that got low scores (Venezuela in last place, of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Ten days ago, I shared some data and evidence illustrating how redistribution programs result in high implicit tax rates and thus discourage low-income people from climbing the economic ladder. Simply stated, why work harder or work more when an additional...
