by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’m in Brazil for a speech to the Fórum da Liberdade, where I’ll be speaking on “The Future of the Global Order” and explaining the difference between good globalization and bad globalism. Given the topic dominating the news, I’ll obviously be...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The goal of fiscal policy should be limited government and that means complying with the Golden Rule of spending restraint. When countries control the disease of excessive spending, that also seems to be the only effective way of reducing...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I wrote in 2013 that “for any fiscal policy question, spending restraint is the answer,” which is simply a restatement of my Golden Rule. I’m going to augment that by stating that “whenever there is a fiscal mess, excess spending growth is the cause.”...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2024 | Blogs, Tax Harmonization, Taxation
When Joe Biden began his push for a global corporate tax cartel back in 2021, I explained why the idea was very bad news for the world’s workers, consumers, and shareholders. And I pointed out it was specifically bad news for...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
I’m a strong believer in rights, assuming they are defined properly (i.e., they don’t require trampling on the rights of others). Unfortunately, many politicians assert people have “rights” that can only be fulfilled by exploiting others...