Faced with Ebola Crisis, World Health Organization Decides to…Have a Moscow Conference to Push Global Tax Rules for Tobacco

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Harmonization, Taxation

The United Nations is not nearly as bad as other international bureaucracies such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or the International Monetary Fund. But that’s because the U.N. tends to be completely ineffective. So even when the...

Bureaucrats at the United Nations Endorse Sweeping New Tax Powers for Politicians

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2014 | Blogs, Free Market, Tax Competition, Taxation

I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. Regular readers know that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is the worst institution from my perspective, followed by the International Monetary Fund. Some folks ask why the United Nations isn’t...

The OECD’s Scheme to Raise Tax Burdens on Workers, Consumers, and Investors

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation

People pay every single penny of tax that politicians impose on corporations. The investors that own companies obviously pay (more than one time!) when governments tax profits. The workers employed by companies obviously pay, both directly and indirectly, because of...

Financed by American Tax Dollars, the OECD Endorses Obama’s Statist Agenda for the U.S. Economy

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics

I hate to sound like a broken record, but the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is once again pushing for bigger and more intrusive in the United States. The international bureaucracy’s “Economic Survey” of the United States reads like it...

The IMF’s Continuous – and Destructive – Love Affair with Higher Taxes

by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation

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...