Regulation
Lamenting Lockdowns’ Negative Impact
Christopher Bedford of the Federalist tackles new evidence of the negative consequences tied to government lockdowns. In 2020, nearly every American in the world had to endure a month or…
Ireland
Regulation
“It’s Always Something” In The Alcohol Industry
This week, Carolina Journal’s John Trump wrote an opinion piece on the challenges the alcohol industry frequently faces. Just this past year, Trump explains, distilleries were faced with a potential…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Principles driving Trump’s tax plan
Demian Brady of the National Taxpayers Union identifies guiding principles associated with the president’s tax plan. Based on the President’s proposal, five principles for tax reform seem to be guiding…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Why the EU is so interested in Ireland and Apple
John O’Sullivan of National Review Online explains that the European Union is interested in more than just one tax bill as it targets Apple’s relationship to Ireland. Here’s a name…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Learning some tax lessons from the Irish
Thomas Donlan‘s latest Barron’s editorial commentary explains why the dispute over Apple and its Irish tax deal opens up opportunities for other nations. The European Union’s persecution of Apple’s Irish…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The people at Google are no dummies
Regardless of its liberal vibe, Google is no more excited than anyone else about paying an overly large tax bill. Jesse Drucker offers details in the latest issue of Bloomberg…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
When the corporate tax rate is too high
The planned merger of Pfizer and Allergan, with the new corporate home to be based officially in Ireland, draws attention again to corporate inversions, including the latest issue of Bloomberg…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Are ‘inversions’ really bad for the economy?
The Obama administration has been raising a stink about so-called “inversions,” cases of American-based companies moving operations to another country with a more favorable tax climate. But Alex Adrianson of…
Education
Are U.S. students good problem solvers?
View in your browser. Welcome Earlier this week, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released a new report, "PISA 2012 Results: Creative Problem Solving: Students’ Skills in Tackling…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Where’s the austerity that’s blamed for slow growth?
Some governments around the world have attracted criticism from left-of-center commentators for adopting “austerity” measures in the face of economic and budgetary woes. Writing in the latest Forbes, Hoover Institution…
Liberty
U.S. leading the way … in losing economic freedom
Gene Epstein explores for the latest issue of Barron’s the consequences of declining economic freedom in the United States. The U.S. has the dubious distinction of suffering one of the…
Liberty
Government deficits are caused by tax cuts — NOT.
The financial debacle in which Ireland finds itself — pleading for a bailout from the EU — has brought on a lot of complaints from statists that Ireland’s troubles stem…