by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
To be blunt, I don’t think the World Bank should exist. We don’t need an international bureaucracy to promote economic development in poor nations. Particularly since the policies that we know will work – free markets and small government – oftentimes are hindered by...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2014 | Blogs, Taxation
I don’t like international bureaucracies because they generally push for policies that expand the burden of government and undermine economic growth. But I recognize that there are some good people who work at these institutions and I’m always willing to acknowledge...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2012 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I have a love-hate attitude toward international bureaucracies. I’m mostly negative about organizations such as the IMF, World Bank, UN, and OECD. In part this is because they are a very expensive burden on taxpayers, but also because they generally push for bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve
Even though there is a wealth of evidence for the Laffer Curve, statists and other big-government advocates routinely claim that incentives don’t matter. So I wonder how they’ll react to this new research showing that incentives have an impact on sexual choices. Here...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
When Ronald Reagan said that big government undermined the economy, some people dismissed his comments because of his philosophical belief in liberty. And when I discuss my work on the economic impact of government spending, I often get the same reaction. This is why...
