Welfare state expansion in Western Europe had negative economic consequences.

Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Celebrating Progress on School Choice
Let a thousand flowers bloom!
Another Honest Leftist Endorses Private Gun Ownership
Good for the New York Times being willing to publish the other side.
New York City’s Grim Fiscal Outlook
Rich people are escaping.
Europe’s Soon-to-Implode Welfare States
This the most depressing chart in the world?
Biden’s Anemic Jobs Market
Biden is making a bad situation worse.
School Choice on the March…Again
This is a very simple issue.
Shareholders Over Stakeholders, Part II
More misguided attack on capitalism.
Shareholders Over Stakeholders, Part I
Is this just another way of saying cronyism?
Illinois and Fiscal Suicide, Part II
Residents are cutting their loses.








