by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Privacy
One of the big challenges for libertarians is that we understand “public choice theory.” In other words, we know that people attracted to government will have both the incentive and the power to do bad things, so our quandary is how to give government the authority to...
by Brian Garst | Jan 30, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on January 29, 2016. Problems with the OECD’s work on Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) are numerous and will likely lead to a variety of negative consequences. Most obvious is the wasted effort put into a massive...
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 26, 2015 | Blogs, Crime, Society, Taxation
Politicians hate cash. That may seem an odd assertion given that they love spending money (other people’s money, of course, as illustrated by this cartoon). But what I’m talking about is the fact that politicians get upset when there’s not 100 percent compliance with...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jul 20, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in The Roanoke Times on July 19, 2015 It’s clear now more than ever that the government is incapable of protecting private information. In recent weeks it’s been revealed that multiple breaches have compromised personal data on millions of...
