by Dan Mitchell | Jul 22, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
A couple of days ago, citing bizarre government policies in India, Belgium, Malaysia, Romania, and Spain, I wrote about some “great moments in foreign government.” Today, we’re going to give special attention to the United Kingdom. I’m not claiming there’s an...
by Dan Mitchell | May 9, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
According to research from the Bank for International Settlements, the long-term fiscal outlook for the United Kingdom is very grim. The data generated by the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development isn’t quite as...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 20, 2018 | Blogs
While much of my analysis focuses on the mess created by Washington, I periodically show my ecumenical nature by sharing “Great Moments in State Government” and “Great Moments in Local Government.” I even occasionally share “Great Moments in Foreign Government.”...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
One of the great insights of “public choice” is that politicians engage in self-serving behavior just like everyone else. But there’s a profound difference between them and us. In the private economy, we can only make ourselves better off by providing value to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 1, 2018 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
If I was a citizen of the United Kingdom, I would have voted to leave the European Union for the simple reason that even a rickety lifeboat is better than a slowly sinking ship. More specifically, demographic changes and statist policies are a crippling...
