Keynes and his acolytes are doing more damage to Greece than even Marxists.
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.
America’s Government School System: Never Have so Many Paid so Much to Achieve so Little
Big spending and centralization has not worked in education.
Chairmen of House and Senate Budget Committees Propose Good Budgets, Particularly Compared to Obama’s Spendthrift Plan
The good news is that the plans follow Mitchell’s Golden Rule, but they could do much more.
Lessons from Sweden about Welfare and Immigration
Sweden’s welfare state facing an immigration challenge.
Are Congressional Republicans Big-Spending Bushies or Fiscally-Responsible Reaganites?
Republicans are Jekyll and Hyde on spending.
To Control Leviathan, even the IMF Agrees that Spending Caps Are Far More Effective than Balanced Budget Requirements
Never would have guessed the IMF would admit this.
Destroying Jobs with Innumerate Compassion
We have the theory. We have the empirical research. Now we see the stories.
Two Videos that Perfectly Capture the Feckless Arrogance and Stupidity of the Federal Government
Capturing the spirit of Washington in two blood boiling videos.
A Video Primer on How Taxes Reduce Economic Value and Cause Deadweight Loss
Now might be a good time to get back to basics.
A Modest Proposal to Reduce Income Inequality
Why some people worry about inequality and what we can do about it.