by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Socialism
As demonstrated by my First Theorem of Government, as well as by my four-part “Wretched Hive” series (see here, here, here, and here), I assume that corruption is a natural feature of government. And the bigger a government is,...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2026 | Blogs, Education, Welfare and Entitlements
I don’t often claim to be ahead of the curve, but I’m going to pat myself on the back in today’s column about Swedish economic policy. More than 16 years ago, I started writing about Sweden’s shift from statism to markets. More than 14 years ago,...
by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
France is not a socialist country, at least based on the technical definition. Business largely are not owned and run by the government. Prices generally are determined by competition rather than by bureaucrats. And private investment mostly guides the economy...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve written a four-part series (here, here, here, and here) explaining why socialism is a bad idea, but let’s use today’s column to define this evil ideology. As I mentioned in the video, genuine socialism is based on three very specific concepts....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2026 | Blogs, Government Spending, States
If you follow state fiscal policy, there’s a very important battle happening in the Pacific Northwest. Democrats in the state of Washington are trying to muster the votes to push through an income tax. As depicted by the chart, the spending burden...
