The Radical Agenda of Anti-Tax Competition Forces

by CF&P | Sep 26, 2012 | Publications, Strategic Memorandums

Center for Freedom and Prosperity Strategic Memorandum Date: September 26, 2012 To: Supporters of tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy From: Andrew Quinlan and Brian Garst Re: The Radical Agenda of Anti-Tax Competition Forces...

Tax Havens Like the Cayman Islands Have Better Fiscal Policy…and More Diligent Enforcement of Laws against Dirty Money and Terrorist Financing

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2012 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation

Since I’m probably the foremost defender of tax havens in the United States, I tend to get a lot of press inquiries whenever something happens that brings attention to these low-tax jurisdictions. In recent months, almost all of the media calls have been because...

Just as “Fair Trade” Means Protectionism for the Benefit of Special Interests, “Fair Tax Competition” Means Tax Harmonization for the Benefit of Politicians

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation

Very few people are willing to admit that they favor protectionism. After all, who wants to embrace a policy associated with the Great Depression? But people sometimes say “I want free trade so long as it’s fair trade.” In most cases, they’re simply protectionists who...

Jurisdictional Competition Is Why the West Became Rich While Asia Languished

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation

During the dark ages, nations like China were relatively advanced while Europeans were living in squalid huts. But that began to change several hundred years ago. Europe experienced the enlightenment and industrial revolution while the empires of Asia languished. What...

Study from German Economists Shows that Tax Competition and Fiscal Decentralization Limit Income Redistribution

by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation

If we want to avoid the kind of Greek-style fiscal collapse implied by this BIS and OECD data, we need some external force to limit the tendency of politicians to over-tax and over-spend. That’s why I’m a big advocate of tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and...