by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
Ever since the bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development launched their attack on so-called harmful tax competition back in the 1990s, I’ve warned that the goal has been to create a global tax cartel. Sort of an “OPEC for politicians.”...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Tax Foundation churns out lots of good information, but I especially look forward to their International Tax Competitiveness Index. It shows how nations rank based on key tax variables such as corporate taxation, personal income tax, and international tax rules....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of globalization, so does that make me a globalist? That depends on what is meant by that term. If it means free trade and peaceful interaction with other nations, the answer is yes. But if it means global governance by anti-market bureaucracies such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
Speaking in Europe earlier this year, I tried to explain the entire issue of tax competition is less than nine minutes. To some degree, those remarks were an updated version of a video I narrated back in 2010. You’ll notice that I criticized the Organization for...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 9, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
Why do I relentlessly defend tax competition and tax havens? Sadly, it’s not because I have money to protect. Instead, I’m motivated by a desire to protect the world from “goldfish government.” Simply stated, politicians have a “public choice” incentive for...
