by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2013 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Tax Foundation in Washington does some great work on fiscal issues, but I also admire their use of maps when they want to show how various states perform on key indicators. They’re best known for “Tax Freedom Day,” which measures how long people have to work each...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, VAT
If you have any long-term Japanese investments, sell them soon. In part, that’s because the Japanese Prime Minister announced another Keynesian spending binge earlier this year – even though several so-called stimulus plans in Japan have flopped over the past two...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
There have been some unfortunate and dark days in American history, but what was the worst day? Some obvious choices include December 7, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and September 11, when the terrorists launched their despicable attack. Another option...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2013 | Blogs, Taxation
If I had to identify a “least-favorite” international bureaucracy, it almost certainly would be the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD doesn’t waste as much money as the United Nations, it might not cause as much macroeconomic...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
We have an amazing man-bites-dog story today. Let’s begin with some background information. A member of the European Commission recently warned that: “Tax increases imposed by the Socialist-led government in France have reached a “fatal level”…[and] that a series of...
