by Dan Mitchell | Sep 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When contemplating which nation will be the next to suffer a fiscal crisis, Italy has traditionally been on everyone’s watch list. Including mine. But now there’s a lot of attention on France, and with good reason. And I think many people...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
Politicians do plenty of bad economic policy. But when do they cross the line to immoral policy? Hard-core libertarians will argue that just about everything the government does is immoral. I agree with them in many cases because I think it if fundamentally wrong...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In an interview with Patrick Young, I pontificated on a wide range of issues. Here’s a clip of me making the case that Javier Milei might save the world from a seemingly inevitable fiscal crisis. If you don’t want to spend three minutes...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I’ve written endlessly about the negative effect of high tax rates on productive behavior, as well as some quirky examples of how taxes lead to some unintended consequences. Today, let’s consider how government regulations distort...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2025 | Blogs, Economic Growth
When assessing the strength of the labor market, it’s more important to focus on the employment rate rather than the unemployment rate. After all, economic output is a function of the quantity and quality of labor and capital in the economy. And...
