by Brian Garst | Oct 31, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on October 31, 2018. One of the major challenges in combating the OECD’s work to undermine tax competition and eliminate financial privacy is that the organization operates in relative obscurity compared to its...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
If you live in Illinois or California and you’re sick and tired of high taxes and crummy government, should you have the freedom to move to a state with no income tax, such as Florida or Texas? The answer is yes (though Walter Williams joked that leftist politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
When I write about the economics of fiscal policy and need to give people an easy-to-understand explanation on how government spending affects growth, I share my four-part video series. But. other than a much-too-short primer on growth and taxation from 2016, I don’t...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 17, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by The Washington Times on May 15, 2017. Donald Trump made the idea of draining the swamp in Washington, D.C., a central component of his presidential campaign. Now that he holds office, the degree to which he has taken steps toward achieving this...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Apr 19, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Cayman Financial Review on April 19, 2018. Late 2017 saw the release of the first peer review for the implementation of the BEPS Action 5 standard on the exchange of information on certain tax rulings. Action 5 (Harmful Tax Practices) requires...
