by Dan Mitchell As an economist, I strongly oppose the wealth tax (as well as other forms of double taxation) because it’s foolish to …
These States Will Pay You to Move. Does That Strategy Make Sense?
This year, state relocation incentives are striking closer to home. Once the near-exclusive domain of economic development offices seeking to …
Laughing about Taxes and the IRS
Just like last year, April 15 isn’t the official deadline this year for filing your annual tax return. But we’re …
Biden Is Covering Up True Price Tag of Infrastructure Plan, Experts Warn
President Biden’s just-released infrastructure proposal takes a “go big or go home” approach. Its various provisions have been tallied at …
Ouch! What Harris/Biden’s Corporate Tax Increase Means for American Competitiveness
by Dan Mitchell Thanks to globalization (as opposed to globalism), jobs and investment are now very mobile. This means the costs of bad policy …
The United Nations and Global Taxation
by Dan Mitchell Last summer, I provided testimony to the United Nations’ High-Level Panel on Financial Accountability Transparency & Integrity. I touched on many …
Economic Policy: Blue States vs. Red States
by Dan Mitchell I’ve written favorably about the pro-growth policies of low-tax states such as Texas, Florida, and Tennessee, while criticizing the anti-growth policies …
Thomas Sowell on AOC
What’s truly astonishing here is that AOC has been awarded an Economics degree. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is a perfect representation …
Ever wondered how lower tax rates generate more tax? Let Fiscal Libertarian & Nobel Prize winner Milton Friedman Explain!
by Dan Mitchell Yesterday’s column featured some of Milton Friedman’s wisdom from 50 years ago on how a high level of societal capital (work ethic, …
The Case for Capitalism, Part III
By Dan Mitchell Part I of this series featured Dan Hannan explaining how the emergence of capitalism led to mass prosperity, while Part …
Principles of Taxation
by Dan Mitchell Two weeks ago, I shared some video from a presentation to the New Economic School of Georgia (the …
A Primer on the Laffer Curve
by Dan Mitchell Last week, I gave a presentation on the Laffer Curve to a seminar organized by the New Economic School in …
The State With the Greediest Politicians, Part II
by Dan Mitchell Yesterday, in Part I of our series about greedy state politicians, we looked at top income tax rates. The worst …
The State With the Greediest Politicians, Part I
by Dan Mitchell When considering which state has the greediest politicians, the flippant (but understandable) answer is to say “all of them.” …
Taxes Will Be a Royal Pain for Meghan and Harry
I’m part of the small minority that thinks the big news from the United Kingdom is that “Brexit” will finally …
New York vs. Florida, Round #3
I looked last year at how Florida was out-competing New York in the battle to attract successful taxpayers, and then followed up …
America’s Best and Worst States for Taxes (and therefore Jobs)
Following their recent assessment of the best and worst countries, the Tax Foundation has published its annual State Business Tax Climate Index, which …
VIDEO: Jury refuses to convict man who won’t pay taxes
An Oregon jury deadlocked on whether to convict a Christian man who hasn’t paid taxes in 20 years, resulting in …
A Tribute to Art Laffer
On June 19th, President Trump awarded economist Art Laffer, creator of the Laffer Curve made famous under President Reagan, the …
Six reasons why the Capital Gains Tax should be abolished
President Kennedy’s tax rate reductions were a big success. Sadly, very few modern Democrats share JFK’s zeal for pro-growth tax policy. …
An Amusing Examination of Socialism
I’m a big believer that some images do a great job of capturing an issue. The essential insight of supply-side economics. The …
Income tax: Less than half of our tax burden
You probably know about property, payroll, and sales taxes, but there are also lots of hidden taxes. Kristin Tate reports …
10 Most Common Asset Protection Blunders
By Rick Durfee #1 — Driving with your eyes shut –Be Aware of dangers –Open your eyes. –Eyes closed makes …
Lessons from the Reagan Tax Cuts
In a column in the New York Times, Steven Rattner attacks Trump’s tax plan for being unrealistic. Since I also think the proposal …
Steve Forbes on the Flat Tax
Steve Forbes — a very nice gentleman. If you ever attend FreedomFest you’ll know that he has no airs and …
Tax Havens Promote Economic Prosperity and Protect Human Liberty, Right?
I sometimes wonder if I was put on this planet to defend tax competition and tax havens. I argue for fiscal …
Everything You ever Needed to Know about Why Low Tax Rates Are the Best Way to Reduce Evasion
Why do many people engage in civil disobedience and decide not to comply with tax laws? Our leftist friends (the …
Why Federalism is a very good thing
Learning from New Jersey’s Bad Tax Policy by Dan Mitchell Federalism is a great idea, and not just because America’s Founders wanted a …
Thanks to this stubborn songwriter, tax receipts aren’t absolutely necessary!
It’s a little known fact, and one the IRS wants you to forget, but receipts are not always necessary to …