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...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Since I’ve been writing a column every day since 2010, you can imagine that there are some days where that’s a challenge. But not today. The Fraser Institute has released a new edition of Economic Freedom of the World, which is like a bible for policy wonks. So just...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Over the years, I’ve shared some rankings that are utterly preposterous. A writer for the Atlantic actually claimed that America was one of the world’s 17 most authoritarian nations. The statists at the OECD put together a ranking asserting that poverty is a bigger...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
When writing about the statist agenda of international bureaucracies, I generally focus my attention on the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Today, let’s give some attention to the United Nations. Based on this...
