by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I don’t like international bureaucracies that push statist policies. In a perverse way, though, I admire their brassiness. They’re now arguing that higher taxes are good for growth. This isn’t a joke. They never offer any evidence, of course, but it’s now routine to...
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 | Oct 22, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Since I’ve referred to the International Monetary Fund as both “the Dumpster Fire of the Global Economy” and “the Dr. Kevorkian of Global Economic Policy,” readers can safely conclude that I’m not a fan of the international bureaucracy. My main gripe is that senior...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I must be perversely masochistic because I have the strange habit of reading reports issued by international bureaucracies such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations, and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But one tiny...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’m not a fan of the International Monetary Fund. The bureaucracy was created in 1944 to manage and coordinate the system of fixed exchange rates created as part of the 1944 Bretton Woods agreement. But once fixed exchange rates disappeared, the over-funded...
