Keynesianism never works out well.
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.
A Female Wing for the Moocher Hall of Fame?
Government incompetence makes scamming easy.
True to Form, the Paris-Based OECD Urges More Class-Warfare Tax Hikes and Big Expansions of the Welfare State
A new OECD report reads as if it was taken from the campaign speeches of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn.
Paging Fox Butterfield: Another Jurisdiction Gets a Painful Lesson about the High Price of High Tax Rates
The story behind the story.
Norway’s Version of the Resource Curse
Norway would be in even better shape if the fiscal burden of government wasn’t so onerous.
The Best Trump Budget Cuts, Part VI: Food Stamp Reform
Trump’s proposal would save money for taxpayers.
A Glimmer of Common Sense on Gun Rights from the Czech Republic
The passive approach may be changing in some European nations.
The Federal Tax Code Shouldn’t Subsidize and Encourage Profligacy by State and Local Governments
The deduction for state and local taxes encourages, enables, and subsidizes bad policy.
The Congressional Budget Office’s Questionable Analysis of Obamacare Repeal
The bureaucrats at CBO are still peddling nonsense.
Illinois on the Brink of Fiscal Meltdown
An unholy alliance has long extracted as much money as possible from the state’s beleaguered private sector.