Liberty
Examining the end of Britain’s Starmer era
Editors at National Review Online explore the latest British prime minister’s downfall. Keir Starmer’s decision to step down as the U.K.’s prime minister will come as a relief to many…
Value-added tax
form of consumption tax
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Tariffs hurt investment in America
Kyle Pomerleau explores the impact of tariffs on investment in American business. Over the past several months, several commentators have referred to tariffs as a consumption tax. … There is…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Value-added taxes and bigger government
Dan Mitchell writes in his International Liberty blog about the links between value-added taxes and larger government. The value-added tax was first imposed in Europe starting about 50 years ago.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Barone tweaks NYT tax reform coverage
Michael Barone uses a Washington Examiner column to dissect New York Times news coverage of tax reform proposals. “The Republican tax bill hurtling through Congress is increasingly tilting the United…
Research Brief
Budget, Taxation & Economy
The Hidden Taxes in North Carolina’s Sales Tax
Since North Carolina implemented sweeping tax reform in 2013, there has been interest in expanding North Carolina’s sales tax to include services. The idea is to transform the sales tax…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Forbes ponders relative dearth of billionaires
As his family magazine releases its latest compilation of the world’s billionaires, Steve Forbes asks why the ranks of the wealthy aren’t even larger. IF GOVERNMENTS, most especially the U.S.’,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Federal tax reforms that could boost the economy
Jason Russell of the Washington Examiner offers suggestions for D.C. politicians who would like to boost the nation’s sluggish economic growth. Option 1 Reduce the corporate income tax to 25…
Elections & Public Integrity
An economist who would like to be the anti-Trump and anti-Hillary
Peter Coy profiles in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek a potential alternative to the major-party candidates for president. Move over, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. There’s an economist running for president.…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Lessons Americans can learn from Europe
Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute admits in a National Review Online column that the United States can learn some valuable public policy lessons from Europe. For example, we could…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Kudlow emphasizes growth
Lawrence Kudlow‘s latest column at Human Events assesses Republican presidential candidates’ policies to promote economic growth. The singular economic issue of our time is the quest for more rapid economic…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
A defense of presidential flat-tax plans
Stephen Moore devotes a National Review Online column to a defense of flat-tax plans that have generated criticism from the Cato Institute. Rand Paul has proposed a $2 trillion tax…
Liberty
Business, Anyone?
I have been spending the bulk of the last three days on a horrible assignment. All I needed to do was find about twelve articles from the last month or…