The Federal Reserve Board's recent decision to put downward pressure on interest rates has temporarily quieted those who claimed George W. Bush was exaggerating the possibility of an economic downturn solely to boost his tax cut plan. Many critics, however, continue...
Daniel J Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D. is McKenna Senior Fellow in Political Economy in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
Microsoft Assault is an Inept Stab at “Industrial Policy”
The federal government's persecution of Microsoft is a travesty--the worst combination of third-rate economics and special- interest politics. Last year's ruling against the company may be a victory for envy-driven bureaucrats at the U.S. Justice Department, but it...
Tax Competition: Harmful to Whom?
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a Paris-based institution with 29 member nations from the industrialized world, has launched a project seeking the elimination of "harmful tax competition."In a report titled "Towards Global Tax...
How Washington Should Respond to Instability in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, a member of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, has led his country to the brink of implosion. His policies flout freedom and the rule of law and have ruined a once-healthy economy. Washington should urge Mugabe to...
Tax Cuts: Now More Than Ever
President-elect George W. Bush is being advised by his political foes to abandon tax cuts. This step, they tell him, is the only way to heal the wounds caused by weeks of legal wrangling and partisan rhetoric. Yet abandoning tax cuts would be a big mistake, both...
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