by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
This probably does not quite belong in my collection of “most depressing charts,” but it is definitely very bad news that taxes now impose a greater burden on the average American household than the combined cost of food, clothing, education, and health care. This is...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
Last month, I wrote an article comparing Switzerland’s admirable fiscal policy with the profligate tendencies of other European nations. I included a chart showing that the burden of government spending in Switzerland is far below where...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2022 | Blogs, Free Market
A core libertarian principle is that people have the right to do whatever they want with their own bodies. And that includes things that may be harmful, such as taking drugs, smoking, and over-eating. It also includes personal choices...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2022 | Blogs, Education, States
I’ve been pontificating in favor of school choice from the early days of this column, in part because I believe in the benefits of competition and in part because there’s such overwhelming evidence that government...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When I wrote about the 2021 edition of Economic Freedom of the World, I noted that both Chile and Canada were drifting in the wrong direction. In the just-released 2022 version, there’s not any good news about those two...
