by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Last week, I participated in a webinar with IES Europe. The program covered a wide range of issues, including tax competition, Social Security reform, and the recipe for national prosperity. Here’s what I said on the topic of federalism. To add some hard data to the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
As part of my collection of honest leftists, I have a bunch of columns highlighting how some advocates of big government (including, to their credit, Bernie Sanders and Andrew Yang) don’t hide from reality. I’m unalterably opposed to their policies, but at least they...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
My favorite publication from the Canada-based Fraser Institute is Economic Freedom of the World, which ranks nations based on economic liberty. I religiously write about each year’s report (starting back in 2011), and I also cite the data dozens of time each year when...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2019 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The Tax Foundation churns out lots of good information, but I especially look forward to their International Tax Competitiveness Index. It shows how nations rank based on key tax variables such as corporate taxation, personal income tax, and international tax rules....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
My primary job is dealing with misguided public policy in the United States. I spend much of my time either trying to undo bad policies with good reform (flat tax, spending restraint, regulatory easing, trade liberalization) or fighting off additional bad...
