by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
What’s the world’s most sure-to-fail policy (as opposed to the world’s most sure-to-fail system, such as socialism)? There are some crazy possibilities, ranging from grandiose schemes such as modern monetary policy to goofy little proposals such...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States
In Part XIII of my series comparing Texas and California (previous seven editions can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), I shared data showing that the burden of state spending was growing much faster...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
California’s top fiscal problem is an ever-growing burden of government spending. In case anyone thinks that is just empty rhetoric, the state budget over the past three decades has risen at twice the rate of inflation. One consequences of ever-expanding...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
What’s the most self-destructive policy being pursued by a government today? My answer is probably biased because I focus on fiscal policy, but I’m tempted to say Norway’s increased wealth tax. Or, that’s how I probably would have answered the question six months...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2025 | Blogs, Society
While I have a few opinions related to fires and natural disasters (government firefighters are usually overpaid, FEMA shouldn’t exist, etc), I’m not going to comment on how government officials in California have handled the fire. Simply stated, I...
