Daniel J. Mitchell
Mises Institute
Washington, DC, United States
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New York is America's Least Free State, Which is the Most Libertarian?
I wrote a couple of days ago about America’s best and worst cities for pro-market policy, and I noted that there are several rankings of economic liberty for states and nations. → Read More
Philadelphia's Soda Tax Was a Win for Politicians, A Loss for Everyone Else
I’ve periodically opined about why politicians should not try to control people’s behavior with discriminatory taxes, such as the ones being imposed on soda. And I’ve cited some examples of how these taxes backfire. → Read More
Piketty Urges Higher Taxes in Response to French Tax Revolt
Less than 10 years ago, many European nations suffered fiscal crises because of a combination of excessive spending, punitive taxes, and → Read More
We Need Tax Havens to Protect against Greedy and Corrupt Governments
The people need tax havens to protect against greedy government officials, which has both financial and moral significance. → Read More
Mainstream Economists Whitewashed the Evils of Communism
To “commemorate” the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution in Russian, I’ve been sharing a series of columns on the evil of communism. → Read More
Republican Plan to Overhaul the Wretched US Tax Code Is A Good Start
House Republicans have unveiled their much-anticipated tax plan, but what do Senate Republicans need to do to improve it? → Read More
What the U.S. Can Learn from Canada's Economic Freedom
Canada is now one of the world’s most economically free nations thanks to relatively sensible policies involving spending restraint and corporate tax reform → Read More
When It Comes to Paying Taxes, the Left Won't Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
Whenever someone in favor of paying taxes is asked to cough up more money on a voluntary basis, they almost always back out. → Read More
This Is What Happens When You Ask Pro-Taxers to Pay More
I think people who deliberately over-pay to government are very misguided, but it’s better to be naive than to be hypocritical. → Read More
In Just Six Minutes, Everything You Need to Know about Spending Caps
Spending caps are the most prudent and effective way of achieving good fiscal results. → Read More
Don't Believe the Left: There Are No Cuts to Medicaid in the New Healthcare Bill
Senate Republicans have produced their Obamacare repeal legislation, though it’s really more a bill about Medicaid reform than Obamacare repeal. → Read More
Why the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Does More Harm than Good
Why the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development does more harm than good: taxes and high spending proposals. → Read More
What Other US States Can Learn from Illinois' Imminent Fiscal Meltdown
What other US states can learn from Illinois' imminent fiscal meltdown caused by poor tax codes and overspending. → Read More
Why a "Tax War" in the US Could Help the Global Economy
The mere prospect that the United States may try to improve its tax rate policies is already reverberating around the world. → Read More
How Big Government Begets Cronyism No Matter Who's In Charge
Just as crime is bad for society but good for criminals, it’s also true that cronyism is bad for the economy and good for cronies. → Read More
Shadow Bureaucracy: How the US Government Hides Its True Size
The US government may not look bigger than it did in the 1960s, but it has stealthily grown larger over the years, with the burden falling on taxpayers. → Read More
If Trump Is So Serious About Tax Cuts, Why Doesn't He Cut Spending?
If Trump really wanted a big tax cut, he would have a comprehensive plan to restrain the growth of government spending. He doesn’t. → Read More
Lessons from the Reagan Tax Cuts
Neither Reagan nor his administration claimed that the tax cuts would be self-financing. → Read More
How the Republican Tax Plan Could Crush US Growth
Most of the discussions focused on how tax laws, tax treaties, and tax agreements can and should be altered to extract more money from the business community. → Read More
New Video Shows the Simple Recipe for Poor Nations to Become Rich Nations--in Spite of Bad Advice from International Bureaucracies
Adam Smith provided a very simple formula back in the 1700s. → Read More