by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2026 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
Given the relative economic weakness that plagues most European nations (documented here, here, here, here, and here), a top priority for policy makers should be to improve incentives for wealth creation. But that assumes politicians care...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2026 | Blogs, Europe, Free Market
The good news is that Europe has a lot of economic freedom by world standards. Especially Western Europe. The bad news is that economic freedom has been declining in Western Europe. To make matters worse, Europe has a big demographic problem,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Tax Harmonization
My views on the European Union are summarized in my three–part series entitled “Yes to Globalization, No to Global Governance.” In other words, I liked the European Union in the past when it was basically a free-trade pact among European...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
Let’s look today at European fiscal policy. But instead of focusing on the immediate issue (the likelihood of another fiscal crisis), we’re going to investigate whether we can learn anything by looking at what’s happened in the past. My two cents, based...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2025 | Blogs, Europe
I left Iceland this morning, where I spoke at a conference examining whether that island nation in the North Atlantic should join the European Union. My speech focused on the European Union’s economic performance (which is anemic and on...
