Reasons for being a pessimist about the European Union.
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.
European Fiscal Policy Week, Part IV: Bad U.K. Monetary Policy Leads to Bad U.K. Fiscal Policy
All the bad monetary policy led to bad results.
European Fiscal Policy Week, Part III: A Continent-Wide Spending Problem
What’s the best response to this slow-motion fiscal disaster?
European Fiscal Policy Week, Part II: The Right Response to Italy’s Fiscal Crisis
There should be consequences for imprudent choices.
European Fiscal Policy Week, Part I: Italy’s Looming Fiscal Crisis
Is a crisis all but inevitable
Another Guilt-Ridden Neurotic Leftist
These are the worst rich people.
The World’s Worst “Tax Hells”
These are the worst of the worst.
Military Spending and Economic Performance
Military spending has an economic cost.
Corporate Tax Rates and Taxable Income
Here’s why politicians don’t grab as much money as they hope
The Hidden Cost of China’s Statism
Authoritarian governments can’t be trusted to report accurate economic data.