by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I was a bit surprised couple of years ago to read that an American company re-located to Canada to benefit from better tax policy. But I wasn’t totally shocked by the news because Canada has been lowering tax rates, reducing the burden of government spending, and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
A left-wing group recently put out a report criticizing low-tax jurisdictions for attracting capital and investment from high-tax nations. Since I’m a big defender of tax havens and tax competition, I noted that the assumptions in the report were very dodgy. As the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 18, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Tax Competition, Taxation
Thanks largely to the Laffer Curve, there are some impressive examples of failed tax increases in countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. But if there was a prize for the people who most vociferously resist turning over more of their...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2012 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’m not a fan of David Cameron, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister. Even though he belongs to the Conservative Party that produced the great Margaret Thatcher, Cameron seems to be a bit of guilt-ridden statist with his finger always in the air to see which way the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Taxation
It seems that there’s nothing but bad news coming from Europe. Whether we’re talking about fake austerity in the United Kingdom, confiscatory tax schemes in France, or bailouts in Greece, the continent seems to be a case study of failed statism. But that’s not...
