by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2023 | Blogs
In the past, I’ve referred to Switzerland as the world’s most sensible nation. Does that make it also the world’s best nation? I actually won’t try to answer that question, but we can say that Switzerland is the world’s most libertarian...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
I normally write a column every year (2021, 2020, 2019, etc) when the Tax Foundation releases its International Tax Competitiveness Index, in part because I’m curious to see how the United States compares to other developed nations. I somehow overlooked...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
The United States has a medium-sized welfare state and nations in Western Europe have large-sized welfare states. Which approach is better (or, to be more accurate, less worse)? To answer that question, you want to compare living standards. And...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The world’s freest economy is Singapore, followed closely by Switzerland. That’s according to the 2023 edition of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. The bad news is that there are only four nation that enjoy “free” economies....
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, States
According to the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World, New Hampshire was the most economically free state in America in 2017, 2018, and 2019. But the state famous for “Live Free or Die” has now been replaced by the Sunshine State. The...
