Print Dan Mitchell Read Full Bio Dissecting Obama's Record on Tax Policy The folks at the Center for Freedom and Prosperity have been on a roll in the past few months, putting out an excellent series of videos on Obama's economic policies. 4 Nov 2012 Cayman Islands' Proposed Tax Signals Fiscal Suicide The right solution to this problem is to reduce the burden of government spending back to the levels in the early part of last decade. The political class in Cayman, however, hopes it can prop up its costly bureaucracy with a new tax - which euphemistically is being called a "community enhancement fee." 31 Jul 2012 Government Plays Big Role in Business, Just Not How Obama Meant It Obama is right -- in a perverse way -- about government playing a big role in the life of small businesses. Thanks to a maze of regulations, the government is an unwelcome silent partner for every entrepreneur. And we're not talking small numbers. 26 Jul 2012 The Turbo-Charged Italian Version of the Laffer Curve Thanks largely to the Laffer Curve, there are some impressive examples of failed tax increases in countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. But if there was a prize for the people who most vociferously resist turning over more of their income to government, the Italians would be the odds-on favorite to win. 18 Jul 2012 Obama's Tax Policy Was Born in Europe I'm constantly amazed - in a bad way - that politicians and bureaucrats have been so successful in resisting the insights of the Laffer Curve. The U.S. Treasury Department, for instance, is to the left of the Danish Economic Council and basically assumes that tax policy has no impact on economic performance. The same can be said about the Joint Committee on Taxation on Capitol Hill. 9 Jul 2012 Laffer Curve Wreaks Havoc in UK In most cases, punitive tax hikes do raise revenue, but not as much as politicians predict. As explained in this three-part video series, this is because it takes a very significant reduction in taxable income to offset the revenue-generating impact of the higher tax rate. 2 Jul 2012 Estonia and Austerity: Another Exploding Cigar for Paul Krugman Estonia reacted to the overspending and the downturn in a very responsible fashion. Instead of using the weak economy as an excuse to further expand the burden of government spending in hopes that Keynesian economics would magically work (after failing for Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s, Japan in the 1990s, Bush in 2008, and Obama in 2009), the Estonians realized that they needed to cut spending. 7 Jun 2012 International Bureaucracies Push for Global Taxing Power Unfortunately, proponents of global taxes are like the Energizer Bunny of big government, relentlessly pushing a statist agenda. If the world economy is growing, it's time for a global tax. If the world economy is stagnant, it's time for a global tax. If it's hot outside or cold outside, it's time for a global tax 22 May 2012 Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy What makes this story amusing, from a personal perspective, is that Saverin's expatriation takes place just a couple of days after my wayward friend Bruce Bartlett wrote a piece for the New York Times, in which he said that people like me are exaggerating the impact of taxes on migration. 11 May 2012 Portuguese Finance Minister Admits Keynesian Stimulus Was a Flop Mr. Gaspar, speaking to The New York Times last week, has a message for observers who say Europe needs to substantially relax its austerity approach: We tried stimulus and it backfired. Like some other European countries, Portugal tried what Mr. Gaspar called “a Keynesian style expansion” in 2008, referring to a theory by economist John Maynard Keynes. But it didn’t turn things around, and may have made things worse. 24 Apr 2012 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next
Dissecting Obama's Record on Tax Policy The folks at the Center for Freedom and Prosperity have been on a roll in the past few months, putting out an excellent series of videos on Obama's economic policies. 4 Nov 2012
Cayman Islands' Proposed Tax Signals Fiscal Suicide The right solution to this problem is to reduce the burden of government spending back to the levels in the early part of last decade. The political class in Cayman, however, hopes it can prop up its costly bureaucracy with a new tax - which euphemistically is being called a "community enhancement fee." 31 Jul 2012
Government Plays Big Role in Business, Just Not How Obama Meant It Obama is right -- in a perverse way -- about government playing a big role in the life of small businesses. Thanks to a maze of regulations, the government is an unwelcome silent partner for every entrepreneur. And we're not talking small numbers. 26 Jul 2012
The Turbo-Charged Italian Version of the Laffer Curve Thanks largely to the Laffer Curve, there are some impressive examples of failed tax increases in countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. But if there was a prize for the people who most vociferously resist turning over more of their income to government, the Italians would be the odds-on favorite to win. 18 Jul 2012
Obama's Tax Policy Was Born in Europe I'm constantly amazed - in a bad way - that politicians and bureaucrats have been so successful in resisting the insights of the Laffer Curve. The U.S. Treasury Department, for instance, is to the left of the Danish Economic Council and basically assumes that tax policy has no impact on economic performance. The same can be said about the Joint Committee on Taxation on Capitol Hill. 9 Jul 2012
Laffer Curve Wreaks Havoc in UK In most cases, punitive tax hikes do raise revenue, but not as much as politicians predict. As explained in this three-part video series, this is because it takes a very significant reduction in taxable income to offset the revenue-generating impact of the higher tax rate. 2 Jul 2012
Estonia and Austerity: Another Exploding Cigar for Paul Krugman Estonia reacted to the overspending and the downturn in a very responsible fashion. Instead of using the weak economy as an excuse to further expand the burden of government spending in hopes that Keynesian economics would magically work (after failing for Hoover and Roosevelt in the 1930s, Japan in the 1990s, Bush in 2008, and Obama in 2009), the Estonians realized that they needed to cut spending. 7 Jun 2012
International Bureaucracies Push for Global Taxing Power Unfortunately, proponents of global taxes are like the Energizer Bunny of big government, relentlessly pushing a statist agenda. If the world economy is growing, it's time for a global tax. If the world economy is stagnant, it's time for a global tax. If it's hot outside or cold outside, it's time for a global tax 22 May 2012
Facebook Billionaire Gives Up Citizenship to Escape Bad American Tax Policy What makes this story amusing, from a personal perspective, is that Saverin's expatriation takes place just a couple of days after my wayward friend Bruce Bartlett wrote a piece for the New York Times, in which he said that people like me are exaggerating the impact of taxes on migration. 11 May 2012
Portuguese Finance Minister Admits Keynesian Stimulus Was a Flop Mr. Gaspar, speaking to The New York Times last week, has a message for observers who say Europe needs to substantially relax its austerity approach: We tried stimulus and it backfired. Like some other European countries, Portugal tried what Mr. Gaspar called “a Keynesian style expansion” in 2008, referring to a theory by economist John Maynard Keynes. But it didn’t turn things around, and may have made things worse. 24 Apr 2012
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