by Dan Mitchell | Jan 14, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
With so many bad things happening in Washington, I almost feel guilty writing about another country. But since I’m in Mexico City teaching at Universidad de la Libertad, I want to write at least one column about Mexican economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Tax Harmonization
My views on the European Union are summarized in my three–part series entitled “Yes to Globalization, No to Global Governance.” In other words, I liked the European Union in the past when it was basically a free-trade pact among European...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Over the years, I’ve written multi-column series comparing Texas and California, as well as New York and Florida. The takeaway from these columns is that New York and California are declining when Texas and Florida are rising. I’ve also...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
In 2013, during a political squabble over a previous government shutdown, here’s some of what I wrote. …in my libertarian fantasy world, we leave it closed. Or at least we never bother to reopen counterproductive bureaucracies such as the Department of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve repeatedly written about the likelihood of another European fiscal crisis (see here, here, here, and here), and I’ve specifically speculated that Italy will be the first domino (see here, here, here, here, here,...
