by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2019 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Following their recent assessment of the best and worst countries, the Tax Foundation has published its annual State Business Tax Climate Index, which is an excellent gauge of which states welcome investment and job creation and which states are unfriendly to growth...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Identifying the worst government policy would be a challenge. Would it be minimum wage laws, which deprive low-skilled workers of a chance for employment and upward mobility? Would it be class-warfare tax rates that generate large amounts of economic damage compared...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 21, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I used to think Texas vs. California was the most interesting and revealing rivalry among states. It was even the source of some clever jokes and cartoons. But the growing battle between Florida vs. New York may now be even more newsworthy. I wrote last month about...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2019 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I shared data a couple of weeks ago showing that Florida is the freest state in America (for both overall freedom and economic freedom) while New York is in last place (in both categories). Well, it seems that freedom has consequences when people can “vote with their...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
I shared a very amusing column last year about “a modest proposal” to reduce income inequality. Written tongue-in-cheek by David Azerrad of the Heritage Foundation, the premise was that society could be made more “fair” by exiling – or perhaps even selling to the...
