by Dan Mitchell | Jul 23, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I wrote a couple of days ago about the possibility of confiscatory taxes in France and whether that would lead to an exodus of upper-income taxpayer. Since that’s happened before, it’s very realistic to think it will happen again. Now let’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
At the end of last week, I wrote about the Conservative Party’s crushing defeat in the United Kingdom. In that column, I cited the Wall Street Journal, which groused that the Tories didn’t deliver better economic policy. Indeed,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
I want Reaganism/Thatcherism mostly because I support good policy, but I also think small-government conservatism is good politics (my 4th Theorem). Especially compared to big-government conservatism, which suffered a landslide loss yesterday...
by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2024 | Blogs
While President Javier Milei is easily the best head of state right now, it would be more difficult to pick the best head of state in my lifetime. It may turn out to be Milei, depending on whether he ultimately can convince a hostile legislature to unshackle...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Because it should not happen according to conventional economic theory, I put together an anti-convergence club to highlight richer nations that grow faster than poorer nations. The common theme is that the richer nations have more economic...