by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2011 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Monetary Policy
I’m depressed about the global network of tax police being organized by the OECD and high-tax governments. If successful, it will lead to much bigger, more oppressive government. But maybe there’s a way of fighting back. Here’s a video from the folks at Reason TV...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve been fortunate to know Walter Williams ever since I began my Ph.D. studies at George Mason University in the mid-1980s. He is a very good economist, but his real value is as a public intellectual. He also has a remarkable personal story, which he tells in his new...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Tax Havens, Taxation
Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of tax competition because politicians are less likely to misbehave if the potential victims of plunder have the ability to escape across borders. Here is an excerpt from a superb article by Allister Heath, one of the U.K.’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
This is beautiful. It’s so refreshing to have a handful of Republicans who actually understand that their job is promoting freedom.
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I haven’t commented on what’s been happening in Libya, Egypt, and the rest of the Arab world. This isn’t because I don’t care, but rather because I don’t have much knowledge about the area and I’m not sure what, if anything, the United States should do. Or could do. I...
