by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
California’s top fiscal problem is an ever-growing burden of government spending. In case anyone thinks that is just empty rhetoric, the state budget over the past three decades has risen at twice the rate of inflation. One consequences of ever-expanding...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2025 | Blogs, States
As part of my continuing comparisons of blue states and red states, I’ve written several columns comparing New York and Florida, and I’ve done the same thing with Texas and California. I was thinking of doing something similar for...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by IFC Review on February 10, 2025. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) was created after World War II for the ostensible purpose of promoting more prosperity among western-oriented nations. It was seen as...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In Part I of this series, I wrote about the size of government in France (it’s too big). In Part II of this series, I wrote about the growth of government in France (it’s growing too fast). For Part III of the series, let’s consider some of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published in The Telegraph on February 3, 2025. Donald Trump’s second term in office is already generating controversy on topics as diverse as birthright citizenship and Greenland, but his presidency’s success will probably be determined by the economy. And...
