by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Long-time readers know that I periodically pour cold water on the notion that China is an economic superstar. Yes, China did engage in some economic liberalization late last century, and those reforms should be applauded because they...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
There are divisions of the right between small-government conservatives, reform conservatives, common-good capitalists, nationalist conservatives, and compassionate conservatives. There are also divisions on the left, as illustrated...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Back in 2019, I listed “Six Principles to Guide Policy on Government Spending.” If I was required to put it all in one sentence (sort of), here’s the most important thing to understand about fiscal policy. This does not mean, by the way, that we should...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2021 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
It’s presumably not controversial to point out that the Washington Post (like much of the media) leans to the left. Indeed, the paper’s bias has given me plenty of material over the years. As you can see, what really irks me is when the bias translates...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2021 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
More than 10 years ago, I narrated this video explaining why there should be no capital gains tax. The economic argument against capital gains taxation is very simple. It is wrong to impose discriminatory taxes on income that is saved and...
