Winners of corporate tax competition, how the U.S. tax codes holds us back, the latest data on the superiority of economic freedom, and much more.

I’ve already written about how the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which is heavily subsidized by American taxpayers, is advocating for bigger government. I’m especially irked that the OECD has gotten in bed with nutjobs from the Occupy movement and also joined forces with the union bosses to push for statist policies. So I guess I shouldn’t […]

Paying for bad economic advice from IO’s, EU pushing tax harmonization, and corporate views of what makes a good tax code.

This article appeared in La Estrella de Panama.

The failure of anti-money laundering laws, the importance of tax competition, and problems with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review.

I’m frequently baffled at the stupidity of Republicans. When they took control of Congress back in 1994, for instance, they had unrestricted ability to get rid of the bureaucrats that generated bad economic analysis at both the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Budget Office. Yet notwithstanding more than a decade of congressional power, GOPers did almost nothing to neutralize the bureaucrats who […]

This article appeared in Forbes.

What’s the defining characteristic of our political masters? Going all the way back to when they ran for student council in 6th grade, is it a craven desire to say or do anything to get elected? Is it the corrupt compulsion to trade earmarks, loopholes, and favors in exchange for campaign cash? Or is it […]

This article appeared in the Daily Caller.