by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’ve written many times about the perverse and destructive economic impact of class-warfare taxation. Today, we’re doing to look at the sloppy math associated with the fiscal plans of Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, and the rest of the soak-the-rich...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
A few years ago, I put together a basic primer on corporate taxation. Everything I wrote is still relevant, but I didn’t include much discussion about international topics. In part, that’s because those issues are even more wonky and more boring than domestic issues...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Tax Havens, Taxation
When I wrote about the wealth tax early this year, I made three simple points. A war on wealth is a war on capital (increased double taxation is needed since rich people have a lot of saving and investment). A war on capital is a war on productivity (every economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve warned (over and over and over again) that supporters of larger government want big tax hikes on ordinary people. But you don’t have to believe me. CNN hosted a discussion yesterday with the major Democratic candidates about global warming…oops, I mean climate...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
At the risk of over-simplifying, the difference between “supply-side economics” and “demand-side economics” is that the former is based on microeconomics (incentives, price theory) while the latter is based on macroeconomics (aggregate demand, Keynesianism). When...
