Letter to Congress on Including OECD While Considering UN Defunding

by CF&P | Jan 9, 2017 | Letters

[PDF Version] January 9, 2017 Dear Senators and Representatives: Congress is considering a much needed look at the use of American taxpayer funds to support international organizations that repeatedly work against the interests of the United States and the taxpaying...

OECD Overlooks Amazing Success of Low-Tax Singapore, Urges Higher Taxes in Asia

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation

I wrote a rather favorable column a few days ago about a new study from economists at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Their research showed how larger levels of government spending are associated with weaker economic performance, and the...

OECD Economic Research Finds that Government Spending Harms Growth

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending

At the risk of understatement, I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Perhaps reflecting the mindset of the European governments that dominate its membership, the Paris-based international bureaucracy has morphed into a cheerleader...

For Thanksgiving Week, the OECD Proposes a Keynesian Turkey

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics

Earlier this year, I criticized the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for endorsing an orgy of Keynesian spending. Did my criticism have an effect? Well, the bureaucrats in Paris just issued a new report that bluntly suggests a reorientation of...

OECD Watch

by Andrew F. Quinlan | Nov 2, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary

This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on November 1, 2016. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), operating at the behest of its high-tax member nations, has gradually carved for itself a central role in global tax matters over...