by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2021 | Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
Yesterday’s column explained why Biden’s proposed global cartel for corporate taxation was a bad idea. In this clip from a recent panel hosted by the Austrian Economics Center in Vienna, I speculated on whether the plan would become reality. I encourage you to watch...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
When governments have to compete with each other, we get lower tax rates. That’s good for taxpayers and good for growth. But politicians hate limits on their taxing power, which is why Biden has proposed a global tax cartel. Here are some of my remarks made yesterday...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2021 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
Biden’s tax agenda – especially the proposed increase in the corporate rate – would be very bad for American competitiveness. We know this is true because the Administration wants to violate the sovereignty of other nations with a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
While Paul Krugman sometimes misuses and misinterprets numbers for ideological reasons (see his errors regarding the United States, France, Canada, the United States, Estonia, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom),...
by Dan Mitchell | May 27, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Back in 2013, the Tax Foundation published a report that reviewed 26 academic studies on taxes and growth. That scholarly research produced a very clear message: The overwhelming consensus was that higher tax rates were bad news for prosperity,...
