by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 27, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently conjured a new problem to justify yet another assault on tax competition. Beholden to the interests of high-tax European welfare nations, the OECD has repeatedly sought,...
by Brian Garst | Feb 20, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Hardly anyone stands up for taxpayers. It’s the classic problem of concentrated interests and defused costs. Those who benefit from profligate government spending are strongly motivated to lobby for their pet handout. But every individual bit of waste only adds...
by CF&P | Feb 20, 2013 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 20, 2013 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Center for Freedom and Prosperity Condemns New OECD Assault on Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty Washington, D.C., Wednesday,...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2012 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
Regular readers know I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Heck, just take a look at some of the examples in this post and you’ll understand why. Well, the Secretary-General of the Paris-based bureaucracy just pontificated about...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
If we want to avoid the kind of Greek-style fiscal collapse implied by this BIS and OECD data, we need some external force to limit the tendency of politicians to over-tax and over-spend. That’s why I’m a big advocate of tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and...
