by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
In mid-2021, I wrote about long-run policy lessons from the coronavirus pandemic. That column focused on insights from my five-part series (see here, here, here, here, and here) about the failure of big government. More specifically,...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Reviewing public policy and the coronavirus, I’ve mostly focused on the manifest failures of Washington bureaucracies. But let’s not overlook the politicized incompetence of the World Health Organization, a U.N.-connected bureaucracy that ostensibly exists to prevent...
by CF&P | Oct 17, 2014 | News, Prosperity Updates
Tax Competition News Global Tax Hikers at WHO Ban Public, Media From Meetings There’s something fishy at the WHO. NTU’s Douglas Kellogg reports on the organization’s shenanigans as it tries to impose global tobacco...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
As a taxpayer, I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies. They consume a lot of money, pay themselves extravagant (and tax-free!) salaries, and generally promote statist policies. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a prime...
