by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
At the European Resource Bank conference earlier this month, Pierre Bessard from Switzerland’s Institut Liberal spoke on a panel investigating “The Link between the Weight of the State and Economic prosperity.” His presentation included two slides that definitely are...
by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
I joked back in 2010 that Barack Obama had a very simple flat tax proposal. But as you can see, sometimes simple isn’t the same as good. Well, satire too often becomes reality in a world of greedy and corrupt politicians who think class-warfare is an acceptable guide...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
I like the think I’m a reasonably savvy observer of public opinion and international economics, but every so often I’m stunned by some bit of data. Several years ago, for instance, I was very surprised to see that more than half of the French people would consider...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It’s been more than three weeks since I targeted French fiscal policy for abuse and more than one week since I wrote something negative about the French fiscal system. I must be slowing down as I get older, so it’s time of rectify this oversight. My fundamental...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
If I live to be 100 years old, I suspect I’ll still be futilely trying to educate politicians that there’s not a simplistic linear relationship between tax rates and tax revenue. You can’t double tax rates, for instance, and expect to double tax revenue. Simply...
