by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Taxation
The great thing about the Economic Freedom of the World is that it’s like the Swiss Army Knife of global policy. No matter where you are or what issue you’re dealing with, EFW will offer insight about how to generate more prosperity. Since today’s focus is Central...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
If I was Captain Ahab in a Herman Melville novel, my Moby Dick would be the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. I have spent more than 15 years fighting that Paris-based bureaucracy. Even to the point that the OECD threatened to throw me in a...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
Since I’ve written that the International Monetary Fund is “the Dumpster Fire of the Global Economy” and “the Dr. Kevorkian of Global Economic Policy,” I don’t think anyone could call me a fan of that international bureaucracy. But I’ve also noted that the real...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Government Spending, Taxation
The recipe for growth and prosperity isn’t very complicated. Adam Smith provided a very simple formula back in the 1700s. For folks who prefer a more quantitative approach, the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World uses dozens of variables to rank nations...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve been at the United Nations this week for both the 14th Session of the Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters as well as the Special Meeting of ECOSOC on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. As you might suspect, it would be an...
