by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
I don’t write or speak about education very much, but, when asked, I explain that America has a very costly and inefficient government school monopoly. The strongest piece of evidence is an amazing chart put together by a Cato colleague. It shows that education...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 24, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in La Prensa (in Spanish) on June 24, 2013, and was coauthored by Brian Garst. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tried numerous strategies to compel low-tax nations to raise tax rates and eliminate financial...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2013 | Blogs, Economics
With many European nations already in the midst of a fiscal crisis caused by excessive government, and with most other industrialized nations heading down the same path thanks to aging populations and poorly designed entitlement programs, this would be a good time for...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I have to start this post with a big caveat. I’m not a fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The international bureaucracy is infamous for using American tax dollars to promote a statist economic agenda. Most recently, it...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 9, 2013 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Harbour Times on May 9, 2013, and was coauthored by Brian Garst. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has tried numerous strategies to compel low-tax nations to raise tax rates and eliminate financial privacy, or to...
