They’re facing fiscal problems of their own making.
Daily Analysis
The IMF Urges Nations to Adopt Greek-Style Fiscal Policy
Don’t take this advice.
America’s “Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy”: Part I
Are people corrupted by government or do corrupt people gravitate to government?
Whitewashing East Germany’s Stalinist Dictatorship
Not everybody is happy that the communism wound up on the ash heap of history.
America’s Best and Worst Governors
A comprehensive assessment of the nation’s governors.
Milton Friedman on Spending
How we counteract a disturbing trend.
Do Small Countries and Small States Have Lower Levels of Red Tape?
An interesting relationship between red tape and population.
The Indonesian Version of Everything You Need to Know about Bureaucracy and Government
Indonesia actually set up a bureaucracy that’s in charge or reforming bureaucracy.
The “Public Option” and the Future of Employer-Provided Health Insurance
The current employer-based system has many problems, but politicians could always make it worse.
Keynesian Economics Is Wrong…Again
If there was a contest for the world’s most inaccurate economist, Zandi almost surely would win a gold medal.