by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2019 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
I shared data a couple of weeks ago showing that Florida is the freest state in America (for both overall freedom and economic freedom) while New York is in last place (in both categories). Well, it seems that freedom has consequences when people can “vote with their...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I wrote a couple of days ago about America’s best and worst cities for pro-market policy, and I noted that there are several rankings of economic liberty for statesand nations. But what if you want to know the place with the most overall freedom? In other words, what...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’ve written many times about people and businesses escaping high-tax states and moving to low-tax states. This tax-driven migration rewards states with good policy and punishes those with bad policy. And now we have some new data. The Wall Street...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 31, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Like any sensible person, I want victimless crimes to be legalized. In part because I believe in freedom, but also for utilitarian reasons. I don’t approve of drugs and I’ve never used drugs, but I think the social harm of prohibition is greater than the social harm...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2018 | Blogs, States
I recently wrote about the Tax Foundation’s State Business Tax Climate Index, which is a snapshot of current competitiveness (New Jersey is in last place, which shouldn’t surprise anyone). But what if we want to know which states are moving in the right direction or...
