by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
About one week ago, I shared some fascinating data from the Tax Foundation about how different nations penalize saving and investment, with Canada being the worst and Lithuania being the best. I started that column by noting that there are three important...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Simply stated, the Paris-based international bureaucracy represents the interests of governments, and that means the OECD often pushes policies that serve the interests of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
When examining state public policy, big jurisdictions such as California, Texas, New York, and Florida get a lot of attention. But what about Mississippi? It has mediocre scores for overall economic policy. It’s #29 according to the American Legislative Exchange...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2020 | Blogs, States, Taxation
When considering which state has the greediest politicians, the flippant (but understandable) answer is to say “all of them.” A more serious way of dealing with that question, though, is to look at overall rankings of economic policy. According to the Fraser...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I certainly don’t intend to do this for everyone who has made it to the White House, but I have produced big-picture economic assessments of several presidents. Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush...
