by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In earlier columns in this series (Part I, Part II, and Part III), I’ve shared very depressing data showing that many nations are almost certainly going to be crippled by fiscal crises. Simply stated, politicians in the United States...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
What nation has the world’s best tax policy? There are relatively straightforward ways of answering that question, such as looking at the places (Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Monaco, etc) with no income tax. If you focus on bigger nations, you can look at...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I just finished a speech at a conference in Miami that looked at changing demographics and the implications for tax competition. To elaborate, I explained how an ever-growing burden of government spending will lead to more...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m in China this week, teaching about fiscal policy, convergence theory, and inequality at Northeastern University in Shenyang. So it’s a good opportunity to write about some pluses and minuses of Chinese economic policy. We’ll start this series...
by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Earlier this month, I wrote about Social Security’s huge fiscal problems, followed the next week by a column correcting some myths about the program that were disseminated by the Washington Post. Today, let’s cross the Atlantic Ocean because...
