by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote a rather favorable column a few days ago about a new study from economists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Their research showed how larger levels of government spending are associated with weaker economic performance, and the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
I’m a big fan of the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These three countries emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Empire and they have taken advantage of their independence to become successful market-driven economies. One key to their relative...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I must be perversely masochistic because I have the strange habit of reading reports issued by international bureaucracies such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But one tiny...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve been accused of making supposedly inconsistent arguments against Hillary Clinton. Make up your mind, these critics say. Is she corrupt or is she a doctrinaire leftist? I always respond with the simple observation that she’s both. Not that this should come as a...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
If I had to summarize my views on fiscal policy in just two sentences, here’s what I would say. Government spending undermines growth by diverting labor and capital from more productive uses to less productive uses. Tax rates on productive economic behaviors such as...
