by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Welfare and Entitlements
Last month, I exposed some major errors that Paul Krugman committed when he criticized Estonia for restraining the burden of government spending. My analysis will be helpful since I am now in Estonia for a speech about economic reform, and I wrote a column that was...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Taxation
I have great fondness for Estonia, in part because it was the first post-communist nation to adopt the flat tax, but also because of the country’s remarkable scenery. Most recently, though, I’ve been bragging about Estonia (along with Latvia and Lithuania, the other...
by Dan Mitchell | May 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I got a few cranky emails after my post suggesting the United States should copy the Baltic nations and implement genuine spending cuts. These less-than-friendly pen pals were upset that I favorably commented on the fiscal discipline of Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia...
by CF&P | Feb 1, 2008 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] February 2008, Vol. VIII, Issue I The Global Flat Tax Revolution: Lessons for Policy Makers Thanks largely to tax competition, governments are dramatically improving tax policy. Over the past 30 years, tax rates on productive activity have been sharply...
