by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Maybe this makes me a bad person, but I sometimes root for bad things to happen. In my defense, I don’t like bad things, but in some cases I think bad outcomes will generate powerful evidence against bad policies. And this can result in a net increase in...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I wrote last year to support “…the notion that taxes change behavior. I even have a five-part series (here, here, here, here, and here) emphasizing the point.” Simply stated, people respond to incentives. Economists...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2026 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Something remarkable has been happening with state tax policy. Red states have been slashing tax rates in recent years, making themselves more competitive. Blue states, meanwhile, did nothing, which you might call a sin of omission. But in the last year or...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 21, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Fiscal policy is fairly straightforward if you’re a libertarian. In almost all cases, you want lower taxes and smaller government. It’s also simple if you’re a constitutionalist. You just look a Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution and anything...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 17, 2026 | Blogs, States, Taxation
I have multiple columns comparing Florida and New York, as well as a set of columns comparing Texas and California. Today, let’s do our first column comparing low-tax New Hampshire (no income tax and frequently is in first...
