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The Steroid-Pumped Version of “Taxes Are for the Little People”
I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote bad policy such as higher tax rates. The International Monetary Fund is urging higher tax rates and p… more →
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The Steroid-Pumped Version of "Taxes Are for the Little People"
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wrote 1 day ago: I’m not a big fan of international bureaucracies, mostly because they always seem to promote b … more →
Eurobonds: The Fiscal Version of Co-Signing a Loan for Your Unemployed Alcoholic Cousin Who Has a Gambling Addiction
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wrote 1 week ago: I’ve written many times about the foolishness of bailing out profligate governments (or, for t … more →
The Danger of Article 82 and Obama’s Latest Treaty
wrote 1 week ago: Back in 1982, President Ronald Reagan decided not to sign a treaty known as “Law of the Sea” (LOST), … more →
Should International Bureaucracies Get Taxing Powers or Direct Funding?
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wrote 1 week ago: Over the years, I’ve strenuously objected to schemes that would enable international bureaucra … more →
Daniel in the Lion's Den: Fighting for Liberty at the United Nations
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I posted yesterday about visiting the United Nations to participate in “The High Level Thematic Deba … more →
Dan Mitchell's Field Trip to the United Nations
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m at the United Nations in New York City for something called “The High Level Thematic … more →
Saying No to Additional IMF Bailout Money Should Be a Minimum Test for the GOP
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wrote 2 months ago: In a grand Washington tradition, I periodically make imperious demands. In the past year or two, I … more →
To Boost Obama's Redistribution Agenda, OECD Pushes Crazy Assertion that Poverty Is Higher in the U.S. than in Greece, Hungary, Portugal, and Turkey
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wrote 3 months ago: Supporters of individual liberty and national sovereignty have been skeptical of the United Nations, … more →
If Even the International Monetary Fund Acknowledges the Laffer Curve, Why Doesn't Obama Realize that Higher Tax Rates are All Pain and No Gain?
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wrote 3 months ago: I speculated last year that the political elite finally might be realizing that higher tax rates are … more →
Patriotism, Loyalty, Tax Competition, and "Tax Fugitives"
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wrote 3 months ago: I fight to preserve tax competition, fiscal sovereignty, and financial privacy for the simple reason … more →
Sex and the Power of Economics
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wrote 3 months ago: Even though there is a wealth of evidence for the Laffer Curve, statists and other big-government ad … more →
The Collectivist Impulse to Plan Other People’s Lives
wrote 3 months ago: by Dan Mitchell International Liberty The Cato Institute I’ve criticized centralization of power in … more →
Data in New World Bank Report Shows that Large Public Sectors Reduce Economic Growth
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wrote 3 months ago: When Ronald Reagan said that big government undermined the economy, some people dismissed his commen … more →
The Collectivist Impulse to Plan Other People's Lives
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wrote 3 months ago: I’ve criticized centralization of power in Washington, and I’ve condemned efforts for gl … more →
Acting as the Typhoid Mary of the Global Economy, the OECD Urges Higher Taxes in Latin America
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wrote 3 months ago: Is it April Fool’s Day? Has somebody in Paris hacked the website at the Organization for Econo … more →
Should the United Nations Have the Power to Impose Global Taxes?
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wrote 3 months ago: What’s the worst policy idea that would cause the most damage to society? I’m tempted to … more →
Should the Fiscal Pyromaniacs at the IMF Get another $500 Billion so They Can Advocate Keynesian Spending and Class-Warfare Tax Hikes?
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wrote 4 months ago: Perhaps the title of this post is a bit unfair since the International Monetary Fund is good on some … more →
Obama Has United the World...in Opposition to Bad U.S. Tax Policy
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wrote 5 months ago: Last year, I came up with a saying that “Bad Government Policy Begets More Bad Government Poli … more →
Ending American Tax Dollars to the OECD Should Be a Minimal Test of GOP Fiscal Responsibility
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wrote 5 months ago: I wrote last week about how the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris-based … more →
