by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity gives four reasons why big government is bad fiscal policy. I particularly like the explanation of how government spending undermines growth by diverting labor and capital from the productive sector of the...
by CF&P | Feb 7, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, February 7, 2010 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P “Economics 101” Video Gives Four Reasons Why Big Government is Bad Government (Washington, D.C., Monday, February...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Iain Murray of the Competitive Enterprise Institute has put together a very depressing column for National Review. To put it bluntly, he exposes the true size of the federal workforce, which has 5.5 hidden employees for every official bureaucrat. Officially, as of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I’m in Milan, at the office of the Institute Bruno Leoni, which overlooks the famous Castle Sforza and is almost within shouting distance of the remarkable cathedral. This evening, I’ll be talking about how Italy should balance its budget by limiting the size of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Johnny Munkhammar is a member of the Swedish Parliament and a committed supporter of economic liberalization. He has a column in the Wall Street Journal Europe that does a great job of explaining how Sweden became rich when it was a small-government, pro-market...
