by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The economic policy lessons from Latin America are very clear. There’s one unambiguous success story (at least until the past couple of years), one semi-decent success story, and then a bunch of utter failures. What’s interesting (and tragic) is...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I realize it’s not nice to take pleasure in the misfortune of others, but that rule does not apply when bad things happen to greedy politicians. As such, I greatly enjoy reading about when taxpayers “vote with their feet” by moving from high-tax jurisdictions to...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Nearly 13 years ago, I narrated this video about the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based international bureaucracy that uses American tax dollars to advocate for bigger government and higher taxes. Everything I said in that video is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I normally write a column every year (2021, 2020, 2019, etc) when the Tax Foundation releases its International Tax Competitiveness Index, in part because I’m curious to see how the United States compares to other developed nations. I somehow overlooked...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
There’s been great progress in recent years with regards to state tax policy. When I put together my first ranking back in 2018, there were 9 states with flat taxes and and 3 states with low-rate graduated tax systems. Today, there are 11 (soon to...
