by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This Paris-based international bureaucracy doesn’t get as much attention as the United Nations or International Monetary Fund, but it’s probably does more damage to freedom and prosperity...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 18, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), through its Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes, claims that it is working to “ensure that all jurisdictions adhere to the same high standard of international...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
Back in April, responding to an article written by Ann Hollingshead for the Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development, I wrote a long post defending so-called tax havens. I went through the trouble of a point-by-point response because her article was...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2012 | Blogs, Economics
Supporters of individual liberty and national sovereignty have been skeptical of the United Nations, and with good reason. With the support of statists such as George Soros, the U.N. pushes for crazy ideas such as global taxation and global currency. But there’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason that politicians are less likely to impose destructive tax policy if they know that labor and capital can escape to jurisdictions with more responsible fiscal...
