by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’ve written before how ordinary workers are basically tax slaves in Europe. Today, let’s look at new evidence about the absurd extent of taxation in Europe. Here’s a chart shared by Michael Arouet, showing how much it costs a...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
What’s America’s worst city? According to some recent research, it’s Oakland. And a few years before, another expert picked Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario in California. But what if we look at major cities? Possible contestants include San...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written a couple of columns (in 2016 and earlier this year) about how upper-income taxpayers finance the vast majority of the welfare state. The data I shared involved the federal budget in Washington. And I explained that the Bernie-AOC crowd,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Part I of this series celebrated economic progress in Argentina, but noted that many more reforms are needed. Part II explained the need to liberalize labor markets. This new video, Part III in the series, points out that Argentina needs better tax policy....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 12, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The private sector is more efficient than the government because businesses know they have to please customers if they want to make profits. Governments, by contrast, simply rely on coercion. People generally don’t have choices and they typically comply...
