by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
Much to my surprise, the United States is going to have a second Trump presidency. To assess what that means, especially considering his mixed performance during his first four years, I’m going to write a series of columns about the potential policy...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
In 2023, we added a D.C. cop and an Italian teacher to the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame, which is an award bestowed on government employees who “have gone above and beyond the call of duty” in strange, disgusting,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, States
America’s big national challenge with retirement income is a deeply indebted Social Security system. There’s also a significant problem at the state level, where many governors and state legislators have made extravagant promises of lavish retirement...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
My “everything you need to know” columns have a common theme of highlighting stark examples to make broader points. China’s economic policies are misguided The USA is out-performing Europe People respond to tax incentives California has remarkably bad governance...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
In 2014, I wrote about the Italian bureaucrat who worked only 15 days over a nine-year period. Earlier this year, I wrote about the more industrious (relatively speaking, of course) Italian bureaucrat who worked four years over a 24-year period....
