by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
A few years ago, I put together a basic primer on corporate taxation. Everything I wrote is still relevant, but I didn’t include much discussion about international topics. In part, that’s because those issues are even more wonky and more boring than domestic issues...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
Speaking in Europe earlier this year, I tried to explain the entire issue of tax competition is less than nine minutes. To some degree, those remarks were an updated version of a video I narrated back in 2010. You’ll notice that I criticized the Organization for...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its new 10-year forecast. Unsurprisingly, it shows that Trump’s reckless spending policy is accelerating America’s descent to Greek-style fiscal profligacy. Most people are focusing on the estimates of additional red...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 20, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Keynesian
I was interviewed yesterday about the possibility of a recession and potential policy options. You can watch the full interview here and get my two cents about economic forecasting, as well as Keynesian monetary policy. In this segment, you can see that I’m also...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Spending caps are the most effective way of fulfilling my Golden Rule for fiscal policy. And we have good evidence for this approach, as I explain in this FreedomWorks discussion. I also discuss tax competition in the interview, as well as other topics. You can watch...
