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 | 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...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2012 | Blogs, Europe, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote last year about a tax protest in Ireland, and I wrote earlier this year about a tax revolt in Greece. But Irish and Greek taxpayers are wimps compared to their Italian compatriots. When Italians decide to have a tax revolt, they don’t kid around. Here are some...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2012 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I wrote last year about a backlash from long-suffering Greek taxpayers. These people – the ones pulling the wagon rather than riding in the wagon – are being raped and pillaged by a political class that is trying to protect the greedy interest groups that benefit from...
