by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Is it April Fool’s Day? Has somebody in Paris hacked the website at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development? Have we been transported to a parallel dimension where up is down and black is white? Please forgive all these questions. I’m trying to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
What’s the worst policy idea that would cause the most damage to society? I’m tempted to say the value-added tax since our hopes of restraining the federal government will be greatly undermined if we give the buffoons in Washington a new source of revenue. Indeed,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2012 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Keynesian, Taxation
Perhaps the title of this post is a bit unfair since the International Monetary Fund is good on some issues, such as reducing subsidies. And some of the economists at the IMF even produce good research. But I can’t help but get agitated that this behemoth global...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last week about how the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based international bureaucracy, has launched a new campaign to promote class-warfare tax policy. I’ve since learned that the OECD’s effort is even more objectionable than I...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
I’m not a fan of international bureaucracies. I’ve criticized the United Nations for wanting global taxes. I’ve condemned the International Monetary Fund for promoting bigger government. I’ve even excoriated the largely unknown Basel Committee on Banking Supervision...
