by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
On the rare occasions when I write about the Supreme Court, it’s usually to grouse that the Justices don’t defend the Constitution’s limits on the federal government. For example, the Court engaged in tortured reasoning to rule in favor of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Early last decade, when writing about Spain’s fiscal crisis, I pointed out that the country got in trouble for the same reason Greece got in trouble. Simply stated, government spending grew faster than the private economy. And when nations...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
If you ask normal people about the biggest thing that happened in 2020, they’ll probably pick coronavirus, though some might say the 2020 election. But if you ask a policy wonk, you may get a different answer. Especially if we’re allowed to tweak the question a bit...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2020 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In a new documentary film, Race to the Bottom, I had an opportunity to pontificate briefly about corporate tax and the Laffer Curve. At the risk of understatement, I represented a minority viewpoint in the documentary. Most of the people interviewed had a negative...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 28, 2020 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Professor James Buchanan won a Nobel Prize for developing the theory of “public choice,” which looks at how politicians, bureaucrats, and voters seek to maximize their self interest, generally in ways that lead to an ever-expanding burden of government. Some people...
