by Sven R. Larson | Nov 13, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
It has been a long time since I read a newspaper article that succinctly summarized the total, utter and unmitigated destruction that is socialism, but the November 8 article in the Wall Street Journal (p. A13, print edition) about corporate flight from Venezuela,...
by Sven R. Larson | Nov 9, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
I recently explained that the so-called tax scandal of the century really was nothing more than the expectable consequences of bad government regulations and unbearable taxes. While media keeps their spotlight on this non-event, a real European tax scandal is...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 29, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
We certainly have reasons to celebrate the success of the U.S. economy in 2018. In September, the unemployment rate was at the lowest it has been since 1969, and GDP growth is bound for its highest annual rate in more than ten years. These are times when government...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 22, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
In the last few days, European media have boasted breaking news about the tax scandal of the century. A German journalist network is credited with uncovering gigantic “tax fraud” involving banks from several European countries, and at least one American...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 3, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in January, I explained that Republicans in Congress were fools to believe that they could grow defense spending without substantial entitlement reforms: It is simply not possible to grow defense spending without substantial, cost-curbing reforms to the rest of...
