In times of economic adversity, wealth taxes on the richest are often proffered as a solution. Last week, Labour’s largest … Continue reading “The wealthy aren’t all that bad”

Life under lockdown may be a profoundly, relentlessly monotonous existence but Conservative politicians floating a different tax increase each week … Continue reading “Wealth taxes – another failed idea that never dies”

IEA Director General Mark Littlewood has responded to the Wealth Tax Commission’s suggestion that a “one-off” wealth tax should be … Continue reading “Ignore calls for a “pernicious” wealth tax”

Economist and inequality guru Thomas Piketty, who advised the former French Prime Minister Francois Hollande on the introduction of his … Continue reading “Are tax rates in excess of 100% making a comeback?”

In 2004 the Swedish inheritance tax and gift tax was abolished by a unanimous vote in the Riksdag. In a … Continue reading “How high-tax Sweden abolished its disastrous inheritance tax”

A classical conservative believes private property exists in a moral, not merely political sense.  We could truly own things even … Continue reading “Wealth taxes are not the way to go”

Once again, we hear calls for a wealth tax not just from Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes, but also from … Continue reading “There’s no case for a wealth tax”

Once again, we hear calls for a wealth tax not just from Nick Clegg and Simon Hughes, but also from … Continue reading “There’s no case for a wealth tax”

Tim Montgomerie has been a leading advocate of a move from income to wealth taxes in recent months. In a … Continue reading “When it comes to taxing property, it is important to get your premises right”