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...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Europe
The Europeans have just agreed to another bailout for Greece. That’s the bad news. The good news is…well, there is no good news. Sarkozy, Merkel, and the other statists have once again failed to do the right thing and instead have decided to throw good money after bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’m not an expert on addiction, but it’s probably safe to assume that one would never treat an alcoholic by giving him more booze. Or treat an addict by giving him more drugs. So you won’t be surprised to learn that I’m opposed to bailouts. I’m against bailing out...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 26, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics
This is getting surreal. We now have layers of bailouts around the world. Different nations are doing their own bailouts. On top of that, the Europeans have set up something called the European Financial Stability Facility, which does bailouts across the continent....
