The States With the Best (and Worst) Business Tax Climate
By Daniel J. Mitchell Because I dedicated last week to European fiscal policy, I didn’t get a chance to write about the Tax Foundation’s latest version of the State…
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Pandemic Emergency Spending Riddled With Fraud
By Daniel J. Mitchell Politicians and bureaucrats are (self-interested) conduits for taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of…
Is France Suffering from Excessive Austerity?
By Daniel J. Mitchell If asked to describe French economic policy, rational people will use phrases such as “big government” and “high taxes.” Or perhaps…
6 Facts Obama Got Wrong about Guns While Speaking in Brazil
The Best and Worst Cities in the United States for Economic Freedom
By Daniel J. Mitchell There are several options if you want to measure economic freedom and competitiveness among nations (rankings from the Fraser Institute, Heritage…
Audit Finds Government Spent $14 Million in Taxpayer Funds—to Hire 2 Border Patrol Agents (So Far)
By Daniel J. Mitchell What’s the most inefficient and wasteful part of the federal government? It’s impossible to answer that question without greater detail. Are we supposed…
Can You Name a Single Nation That Became Rich with Collectivist Policies?
By Daniel J. Mitchell I periodically ask my left-leaning friends to identify a nation that became rich with statist policies. They usually point to Sweden or Denmark,…
Easy Money Is a Recipe for Fake Booms and Real Busts
By Daniel J. Mitchell I periodically explain that you generally don’t get a recession by hiking taxes, adding red tape, or increasing the burden of government spending. Those…
The 10 States with the Best Tax Systems (and the 10 Worst)
By Daniel J. Mitchell Yesterday, I wrote about the newest edition of Economic Freedom of the World, which is my favorite annual publication. Not far behind is the…
Around the World, We See the The Link Between Economic Liberty and National Prosperity
By Daniel J. Mitchell With the possible exception of a few extreme environmentalists, everyone agrees that robust long-run growth is a key to a better society. An unprecedented jump…
Which Countries Have the Best Record in Protecting Property Rights?
By Daniel J. Mitchell My favorite annual publication is the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World, which measures the amount of economic liberty that exists…
The Essential Difference Between Liberty-Lovers and Big-Government Types Is Political Tolerance
By Daniel J. Mitchell As long as it’s voluntary, free-market supporters are happy to let others experiment with socialism. The opposite does not hold true….
The IMF’s Reprehensible Campaign for Continued Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
By Daniel J. Mitchell The IMF’s agenda of bigger government and higher taxes is a recipe for continued poverty. A couple of months ago, I…
Finland Ends Its Experiment with Universal Basic Income
By Daniel J. Mitchell I’m conflicted. I’ve repeatedly expressed skepticism about the idea of governments providing a “basic income” because I fear the work ethic will (further)…