If some special-interest lobbies give money so that a left-wing group can propose something like a value-added tax to finance bigger government, that’s no surprise. And if a bunch of subsidy recipients donate money to Barack Obama or some other statist politician because they hope for new programs, that’s also standard procedure in DC. I’ll fight these […]

Businesses coming and going, obstacles for the OECD’s latest attack on tax competition, and more FATCA fallout.

This article appeared in China Offshore.

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 […]