by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
My book on fiscal policy, co-authored with Les Rubin, is now officially published. I wrote a sneak-peak column about The Greatest Ponzi Scheme on Earth last week. There are three main takeaways from our book. The problem is spending The problem is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I narrated a six-minute video in 2009 to explain why America’s fiscal problem is spending rather than red ink. Here’s the same message in just 51 seconds. If 51 seconds is too much, here’s a visual I created using the latest long-run forecast from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Way back in 2010, and then over and over again in subsequent years, I have showed that it is very simple to balance the budget. All that is necessary is some reasonable spending restraint, sort of like what happened during...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
Back in April, I warned that European governments were spending too much, sewing the seeds of another fiscal crisis (aided and abetted by the European Commission). Let’s expand on that issue today, focusing specifically on the eurozone (the European nations that use...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The United States is in fiscal trouble because of over-spending by Washington. And the problem will get worse in the future because of poorly designed entitlement programs. But it also will get worse because Washington is filled with politicians...
