by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Trade
I’ve been warning, over and over and over again, that a European-style welfare state means huge tax increases on ordinary people. Simply stated, there are not enough rich people to finance big government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
Over the past four years, Donald Trump presumably was the biggest threat to global trade. His ignorant protectionism hurt American consumers and businesses – and undermined the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. Over the next four...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 12, 2019 | Blogs, Energy, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the International Monetary Fund for the simple reason that the international bureaucracy undermines global prosperity by pushing for higher taxes, while also exacerbating moral hazard by providing bailouts to rich investors who foolishly lend...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in 2012, I wrote that the left’s hostility to tax competition had reached such a crazy level that some of them were even urging military action against low-tax jurisdictions. Though I was amused to see that this warmongering focused on tiny jurisdictions such...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
I have a series of columns where I explore tactical disagreements with folks who generally favor free markets and less government. In Part I, I defended the flat tax, which had been criticized by Reihan Salam In Part II, I explained why I thought a comprehensive...
