by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Health Care, Welfare and Entitlements
When government suppresses the free market and takes over the healthcare sector, you get some really odd results. Consider these stories from Sweden: A man sewing up his own leg after getting frustrated with a long wait. The government denying a wheelchair to a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve written many times about America’s looming fiscal collapse, and I’ve also pontificated about America’s costly and failed welfare state. I even have speculated about when America reaches a tipping point, with too many people riding in the wagon of government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 11, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Laffer Curve, Tax Competition, Taxation
When the new Tory-led government came to power in the United Kingdom, I was rather unimpressed. David Cameron positioned himself as a British version of George W. Bush, full of “compassionate conservative” ideas to expand the burden of government. But even worse than...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Taxation
The title of this post sounds like the beginning of a strange joke, but it’s actually because we’re covering three issues today. Our first topic is corporate taxation. More specifically, we’re looking at a nation that seems to be learning that it’s foolish the have a...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
It’s not often that I agree with the Washington Post, but a government-run monopoly is not the best way to get mail delivered. Moreover, it’s not often that I agree with the timid (andsometimes reprehensible) Tory-led government in the United Kingdom, but they just...
