by Brian Garst | Jan 31, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared in Cayman Financial Review on January 30, 2015. Last November Americans went to the polls and voted a new Congress into office. Capitalizing on President Obama’s unpopularity, Republicans dominated the mid-term contest at the federal, state and...
by CF&P | Dec 19, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
News & Views Continued Inaction on Biosimilars Will Cost Billions The arrival of biosimilars promises billions in health care cost savings. CF&P President Andrew Quinlan looks at who’s standing in the way....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Genuine tax reform would be the second-best fiscal policy reform to boost economic growth.* With a simple and fair tax system, we could get rid of high tax rates that penalize productive behavior. We could eliminate the double taxation that discourages saving and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I don’t pretend that tax reform, by itself, will create economic Nirvana. After all, the experts who measure economic policy and economic performance say that only about 20 percent of a nation’s prosperity is determined by fiscal policy. Nonetheless, I’m a big fan of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Some folks on the right in Washington, generally known as reformicons (short for reform conservatives), want the Republican Party to de-emphasize marginal tax rate reductions and instead focus on providing tax relief to parents. There are many leaders in this movement...