by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote last year about the remarkable acknowledgement by Bono that free markets were the best way to lift people out of poverty. The leader of the U2 band and long-time anti-poverty activist specifically stated that, “capitalism has been the most effective ideology...
by CF&P | Oct 7, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News A Taxing Tale of Two States Steve Moore compares the opposite approaches to taxation taken by two states, Kansas and Illinois, to see who comes out on top. http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevemoore/2014/09/27/a-taxing-tale-of-two-states/ US Hands...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2014 | Blogs, Free Market, Tax Competition, Taxation
I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. Regular readers know that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is the worst institution from my perspective, followed by the International Monetary Fund. Some folks ask why the United Nations isn’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Tax Competition, Taxation
My colleagues Chris Edwards and Nicole Kaeding have just released the biannual Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors from the Cato Institute. The Report Card is on the Cato Institute’s most impressive publications sincedevelopments on the state level help...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2014 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Much of my writing is focused on the real-world impact of government policy, and this is why I repeatedly look at the relative economic performance of big government jurisdictions and small government jurisdictions. But I don’t just highlight differences between...
