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Europe and Greece: Every Option Is on the Table…Except Doing the Right Thing

Europe and Greece: Every Option Is on the Table…Except Doing the Right Thing

eronique de Rugy of the Mercatus Center has a very good – but somewhat depressing – analysis of the fiscal crisis in Greece. She basically concludes that bailouts will continue… Read more »

New Paper Explains Why Low-Tax Jurisdictions Should Resist OECD Attacks Against Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty

New Paper Explains Why Low-Tax Jurisdictions Should Resist OECD Attacks Against Tax Competition and Fiscal Sovereignty

One of the biggest threats against global prosperity is the anti-tax competition project of a Paris-based international bureaucracy known as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD, acting… Read more »

Greetings from Ukraine, and Dismal News from Europe

Greetings from Ukraine, and Dismal News from Europe

I’m on the Crimean Peninsula for a meeting of the European Resource Bank. It’s my first trip to Ukraine, and the conference is being held at a hotel on the… Read more »

Is Portugal an “Adult Baby” Nation?

Is Portugal an “Adult Baby” Nation?

Yesterday, I took aim at a truly pathetic human being who lives as an “adult baby.” But what got me upset was not his lifestyle, but rather the fact that… Read more »

Politicians May Not Be the Lowest Form of Life, but They Know How to Live the Good Life at Our Expense

Politicians May Not Be the Lowest Form of Life, but They Know How to Live the Good Life at Our Expense

I’ve been writing too much about the Ryan budget, the government shutdown, and other fiscal policy issues. Time for some wholesome politician bashing. But I’m not going to pick on… Read more »

The Value-Added Tax Must Be Stopped – Unless We Want America to Become Greece

The Value-Added Tax Must Be Stopped – Unless We Want America to Become Greece

Sooner or later, there will be a giant battle in Washington over the value-added tax. The people who want bigger government (and the people who are willing to surrender to… Read more »

Great Moments in Human Rights: Creating an Entitlement for Free Soccer Broadcasts in Europe

Great Moments in Human Rights: Creating an Entitlement for Free Soccer Broadcasts in Europe

Forget the Magna Carta and the Constitution. Don’t pay attention to the end of slavery. Ignore the defeat of the Nazis or the collapse of the Soviet Empire. If you… Read more »

Emperor Rompuy Complains that “Bond Vigilantes” Don’t Appreciate Euro Clothes

Emperor Rompuy Complains that “Bond Vigilantes” Don’t Appreciate Euro Clothes

I’ve already poked fun at Herman Van Rompuy, the nondescript über-bureaucrat who has risen to the non-elected post of European Council President. I’ve mocked Rompuy’s attempts to compete with other… Read more »

Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States?

Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States?

Thanks to decades of reckless spending by European welfare states, the newspapers are filled with headlines about debt, default, contagion, and bankruptcy. We know that Greece and Ireland already have… Read more »

A French Politician Has a Strong Entry in the “Dumbest Thing Ever Said” Contest

A French Politician Has a Strong Entry in the “Dumbest Thing Ever Said” Contest

Why hasn’t Europe fought World War III? Could it be because the Soviet Union eventually collapsed? Could it be that the NATO, the western military alliance, was effective? Could it… Read more »