by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I have been very pessimistic in recent years about the United Kingdom. Now, having just finished giving speeches in Bristol and London, I’m even more pessimistic. The core problem is that the burden of government spending has expanded dramatically in recent...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side
As documented in Commanding Heights: The Battle of Ideas, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan saved their nations from economic malaise and decline. Today, let’s focus on what happened in the United Kingdom. Economic liberty greatly...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
I often bemoan the fact that government intervention has created an expensive and inefficient health system in the United States. But that does not mean I want a total government takeover of the health sector like in the United Kingdom....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2023 | Blogs
Last year’s three-part series on corporate tax rates (here, here, and here) primarily focused on the case for low rates in the United States. Today, we’re going to look at why the United Kingdom should have a low corporate tax rate. Though the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
I’m routinely critical of the many ways that government intervention has created an expensive and inefficient health system in the United States. But there are countries where government causes even greater problems. So when I want to...
