by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve been in Lebanon for the past few days, but not because I’m seeking a replacement for the Princess of the Levant. Instead, I’m here because the Lebanese Institute for Market Studies arranged a briefing in the Parliament on the perilous state of the nation’s...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 3, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in January, I explained that Republicans in Congress were fools to believe that they could grow defense spending without substantial entitlement reforms: It is simply not possible to grow defense spending without substantial, cost-curbing reforms to the rest of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Way back in early 2011, I wrote about the likelihood of various nations suffering a Greek-style meltdown. After speculating on the importance of debt burdens and interest payments, I concluded that …which nation will be the next domino to fall? …Some people think...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jul 3, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall.com on July 2, 2018. Getting anything done legislatively during an election year is difficult. That’s especially true in the current political environment, now compounded by the coming fight over filling the Supreme Court vacancy left...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
There are many threats to prosperity, both in the short run and long run. A tit-for-tat global trade war that would repeat the mistakes of the 1930s. Punitive class-warfare taxes stifling investment and entrepreneurship. Financial bubbles fueled by the easy-money...
