by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2014, I shared a report that looked at the growth of redistribution spending in developed nations. That bad news in the story was that the welfare state was expanding at a rapid pace in the United States. The good news is that the overall fiscal burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
The notion that government should automatically give everyone money – a policy known as “universal basic income” – is now getting a lot of attention. From an economic perspective, I acknowledge that the idea should not be summarily rejected. Here’s some of what I...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I like sharing topical items around the 4th of July. In 2010, I contemplated the challenging issue of libertarians and patriotism. My view, for what it’s worth, is captured by this t-shirt. In 2011, I pondered research about the partisan implications of patriotism and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, States
I don’t know if Dr. Seuss would appreciate my title, which borrows from his children’s classic. But given how I enjoy comparative rankings, I couldn’t help myself after perusing a new study from WalletHub that ranks states on their independence (or lack thereof)....
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There are a lot of positive things to be said about Norway. Most impressive, it is the world’s #2-ranked nation for high-quality rule of law. It is in the top quartile of countries for economic liberty. When measuring non-fiscal factors, it is in the top-10 percent...
