by Dan Mitchell | Jan 8, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
For supporters of sensible policy, 2008 was not a good year. The economy suffered a big drop thanks to bad government policies (easy-money from the Federal Reserve and corrupt housing subsidies from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). So what did politicians do? Sadly, they...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
It’s not easy to identify the worst international bureaucracy. The United Nations embraces some terrible ideas on a range of policies, though it is usually too incompetent to actually move policy in the wrong direction. The International Monetary...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
What’s the best economic news of the past 40 years? Was it Reaganomics, which restored America’s economic vitality? Was it the collapse of the Soviet Empire, which freed many nations from communist tyranny and allowed at least some of them to successfully shift to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 23, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
As part of my presentation earlier this month to IES Europe, I discussed topics such as comparative economics and federalism. I also had a chance to explain why tax havens are good for global prosperity. Many of the points I made will be familiar to regular readers....
by Brian Garst | Apr 24, 2020 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in IFC Review on April 2, 2020. Negotiations within the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to reach agreement on new rules governing taxation of cross-border economic activity have been underway for some time now, yet...
