by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in 2012, I wrote a column for the Wall Street Journal to highlight the success of Switzerland’s spending cap (also known as the “debt brake”). Swiss voters voted for this spending cap in 2001 and ever since it took effect in 2003,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I wrote last week about President Macron’s very modest effort to slow down the growth of the welfare state and started with a chart showing that France has the highest overall burden of government spending in the developed world. The good news (relatively speaking) is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
Last week, I wrote about Biden’s proposed budget, focusing on the aggregate increase in the fiscal burden. Today, let’s take a closer look at his class-warfare tax proposals. Consider this Part VI in a series (Parts I-V can be...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by the Washington Times on March 7, 2023. The rapid march of technology has paved the way for a slew of privacy challenges that lawmakers have struggled to address. Consequently, data privacy is a growing concern for Americans finding it difficult...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
Want to know who to blame for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the general turmoil in the banking sector? Poor management is part of the answer, of course, but the Federal Reserve also should be castigated because of bad monetary...
