The UK should rationalize its tax system with reforms that would treat income derived from wealth (e.g. capital gains from stock holdings) the same as income derived from work, argues Shreya Nanda in an op-ed for CapX. While it will hardly be popular with rich […]
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Labour’s proposed share transfer is a stealth tax with £300B price tag
It’s not news that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn, an unreconstructed Trotskyite, is far more radically left-leaning than under any of his predecessors — but what’s not as well understood is the actual financial impact of the sweeping reinvention of the British […]
DOL Safeguards Religious Liberty, HUD Tackles Zoning Discrimination & more: WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While Congress tries to decide if they need to come back from vacation…oops, recess…for a special session to not do anything about gun control, President Trump floats the idea of buying Greenland. Wow! Washington at work! Still, free market conservatives […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Pig Book Roots Out Govt Waste
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor The Media is breathlessly watching for war with Iran, the President announces his campaign for re-election, Joe Biden goes unapologetically racist and Congress continues to be ineffective. Meanwhile, free market conservatives continue to work on legislation, policy initiatives and practical approaches. Here’s a roundup of this week’s […]
WASHINGTON BEYOND THE HEADLINES: Heritage Blasts Debt, CEI vs. Carbon Tax, and more…
By Andy Blom, TES Contributor While the media screams about Mexico, Tariffs, The Mueller Report and Impeachment, free market conservatives are working every day on legislation, policy initiatives and practical approaches. Here’s a roundup of this week’s activity in Washington… Heritage Foundation Attacking the Debt. The Heritage Foundation has focused its […]
RARE EARTHS ARE JUST THE BEGINNING: How the U.S. can break China’s metal grip to foster innovation
By Larry Reaugh, CEO of American Manganese The U.S.-China trade wars took a turn last week into new and worrisome territory, as China unofficially floated the threat of cutting off rare earths exports to the U.S. The elements – unknown to most people but present in nearly every tech gadget […]
Ten years after crisis Europe is sort of the same, also worse
A decade after the global financial crisis and ensuing economic downturn, how has Europe changed? Well, not as much as you might expect, according to Matthew Edwards, writing for the Austrian Economics Center. Analyzing data from the OECD and Eurostat, Edwards finds surprisingly little difference from pre-crisis conditions… and unfortunately what has changed […]
U.S. consumers paying price for tariffs
Donald Trump’s decision to escalate the trade war with China is counter-productive, harmful to American consumers, and could even derail the stock market, argues Young Voices contributor Charlie Gers in his recent op-ed in The OC Register. Gers notes the results of a recent report from a raft of economists warning […]
Approve tax treaties to fight double taxation
Simmer down kids! “Pool rules,” as some readers may remember from the halcyon summer days of childhood, are the basic safety protocols everyone has to follow in order to allow everyone to enjoy the pool: no running, no diving, and especially no horseplay. As governments around the world clamp down on tax avoidance […]
Canceling Death Tax Could Help Save Forests
Yes, you read that correctly: abolishing U.S. federal estate tax, commonly derided as the “death tax,” would help preserve large amounts of privately owned forest in the U.S., according to an intriguing piece by Ross Marchand in Real Clear Policy. Death tax currently stands at 40% of the value of the […]