British Business Writer Explains: Thanks to Tax Competition and Tax Havens, the Greed of the Political Class Is Being Constrained

Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of tax competition because politicians are less likely to misbehave if the potential victims of plunder have the ability to escape across borders. Here is an excerpt from a superb article by Allister Heath, one of the U.K.’s best writers on economic and business issues. In a [...]

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I Would Trade Five Congressional Republicans for Dan Hannan

We need effective, articulate, and principled lawmakers in Washington. I don’t think many Republicans in DC understand the tax competition issue. And if they do, I doubt they could give either of these speeches. I especially appreciate his defense of tax havens.

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Dan Hannan Rips the European Bureaucracy Racket

My earlier post noted that I would be speaking on a panel with Dan Hannan, one of the English members of the European Parliament who is famous in the blogosphere for his verbal dismantling of Gordon Brown. But since I’m in Brussels to discuss European reform in a city that is devoted to statism, this [...]

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Greetings from Brussels

I’m in Belgium to speak at the 6th annual International Leaders Summit, which will be held in the European Parliament (a.k.a., belly of the beast) on Tuesday and Wednesday. I’m giving two speeches, including one that will focus on European reforms – including transparency and accountability. A key theme of my remarks will be that [...]

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