The 1841 Foundation officially presented its new and innovative initiative: the “Tax Personality of the Year” Award, created to highlight leaders who, through their management or influence, contribute significantly to the promotion of individual freedom, privacy, private property, and competition among jurisdictions. In this first edition,...
In recent months, headlines have increasingly reported a trend: wealthy and ultra-wealthy individuals are leaving the United Kingdom. What’s really happening? Is this simple tax avoidance—or is there something deeper going on? The short answer: the UK is turning into a Tax Hell now even for...
There was a political earthquake in Argentina when a hard-core libertarian got the most votes in the August nationwide presidential primary. Now everyone is paying close attention to Sunday’s general election. Will voters choose Javier Milei in hopes of rescuing their moribund economy? Before taking a close look at the...
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket case: “The short-run answer is modern monetary theory....
