by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
Given what I wrote the other day about the statist proclivities of the OECD, here’s an item that shouldn’t surprise anyone. Even though South Africa already has an excessive burden of government, the Paris-based bureaucracy wants that nation to impose even higher...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
It’s time to criticize my least-favorite international bureaucracy. Regular readers probably know that I’m not talking about the United Nations, International Monetary Fund, or World Bank. Those institutions all deserve mockery, but I think the Paris-based...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2015 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a Paris-based international bureaucracy. It used to engage in relatively benign activities such as data collection, but now focuses on promoting policies to expand the size and scope of government. That’s...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Dec 4, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Hill’s Congress Blog on December 3, 2015. It is well passed time for Congress to take a more assertive role in the ongoing efforts to rewrite global tax rules. The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) proposals drafted by the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
I’m not a big fan of the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. That international bureaucracy is controlled by high-tax nations that want to export bad policy to the rest of the world. As such, the OECD frequently advocates policies that...
