Tag Archives : IMF
The IMF Is the Dumpster Fire of the Global Economy
Has the IMF overtaken the OECD as the world’s worst international bureaucracy?
read more...Haven’t the Greeks Suffered Enough?
There are things even Greeks don’t deserve
read more...Regarding Research on Inequality, AEI > IMF
Miraculous leaps of logic at the IMF.
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Small Government Is Efficient, and Decentralized Government Is Even Better
Federalism and decentralization promote healthy competition.
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To Control Leviathan, even the IMF Agrees that Spending Caps Are Far More Effective than Balanced Budget Requirements
Never would have guessed the IMF would admit this.
read more...Who You Going to Believe on Infrastructure Spending: The IMF in August or the IMF in October?
The International Monetary Fund isn’t my least-favorite international bureaucracy. That special honor belongs to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, largely because of its efforts to undermine tax competition and protect the interests of the political class (it also tried to have me arrested, but I don’t hold that against them). But the IMF […]
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The IMF’s Continuous – and Destructive – Love Affair with Higher Taxes
Since I’m an economist, I generally support competition. But it’s time to admit that competition isn’t always a good idea. Particularly when international bureaucracies compete to see which one can promote the most-destructive pro-tax policies. For instance, I noted early last year that the bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) were pushing a […]
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Subsidized Statism: Americans Are Paying IMF and OECD Bureaucrats so They Can Agitate for Obama’s Agenda
If some special-interest lobbies give money so that a left-wing group can propose something like a value-added tax to finance bigger government, that’s no surprise. And if a bunch of subsidy recipients donate money to Barack Obama or some other statist politician because they hope for new programs, that’s also standard procedure in DC. I’ll fight these […]
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The Economics of Creative Destruction
In the battle of ideas, supporters of capitalism and economic liberty sometimes face an uphill climb because of a perception of heartlessness. When companies get in trouble, we’re the mean people who don’t want to give bailouts. When workers are laid off, we’re the Scrooges who don’t want perpetual unemployment checks. And when some workers aren’t earning much money, […]
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Great News for American Taxpayers: The IMF Loses (at Least Temporarily) a Bid to Fatten its Bailout Checkbook
When you support limited government and individual freedom, you don’t enjoy many victories. Particularly if you’re relying on the U.S. Senate. But it occasionally happens. The Senate held firm and stopped Obama from getting a fiscal cliff tax hikeat the end of 2010. The Senate overwhelmingly voted against a VAT. The Senate unanimously rejected a Greek bailout. To be […]
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