by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Last decade, three things made me optimistic about the United Kingdom. A lengthy period of spending restraint from 2010-2019. Voters chose in 2016 to escape the European Union. Boris Johnson was elected to deliver Brexit in 2019. Sadly, I was hopelessly naive. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I’ve shared Kite & Key videos about Social Security, comparative economics, free trade, the national debt, patriotism, and free markets. Here’s their video on the under-appreciated problem of permitting and red tape. This video is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
Part I of this series showed higher wages and better housing in the United States, while Part II showed an ever-larger GDP advantage for America. Part III will begin with this John Stossel video. Sven Larson is an Associate Scholar at CF&P, so I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Here are three options when contemplating Germany’s biggest economic challenge. Is it the growing burden of government, which likely will worsen over time because of demographic factors? Is it extreme environmental policies that have spiked energy costs and undermined...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Folks on the left claim high tax burdens won’t hurt growth. Some even assert higher taxes are good for growth. Today, we’re going to give them a history lesson, starting with this video. There are two lessons from the Tax Foundation’s video about what...
