by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In Part I of this series last year, we started with a table looking at the degree to which successful people were leaving some countries and moving to others. Let’s start Part II with a look at a map showing how much money they are...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 12, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I lied. Back in 2023, I wrote that Part V would be the last segment in my series on blue-to-red tax migration (with Parts I-IV available here, here, here, and here). But I’ve decided to extend the series because here’s a must-share map...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2025 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
My views on immigration are a bit unconventional. I very much believe people should have a right to leave countries (because of political oppression, high taxes, etc), but I don’t think that means other nations are obliged to welcome...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Back in 2012, I mocked French politicians because they were whining about upper-income taxpayers escaping from France. That column discussed well-to-do French taxpayers moving to Belgium, which is also a high-tax welfare state, but has the advantage of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written a couple of columns (in 2016 and earlier this year) about how upper-income taxpayers finance the vast majority of the welfare state. The data I shared involved the federal budget in Washington. And I explained that the Bernie-AOC crowd,...
