by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2022 | Blogs, Education, States, Taxation
Continuing a tradition that began back in 2013, let’s look at the best and worst developments of the past year. Since I try to be optimistic (notwithstanding forces and evidence to the contrary), let’s start with the good news. I’ll start by...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2022 | Blogs
I’m a big believer in looking at long-run trends, particularly whether countries are experiencing convergence of divergence with regards to per-capita economic output. Poor nations normally should grow faster than rich nations, so we can...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Health Care
One thing that became very apparent during the pandemic is that government schools are mostly run for the benefit of bureaucrats rather than students. Not that any of us should have been surprised. The same is true for other...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
In the past couple of months, I’ve repeatedly addressed the fiscal and economic mess in the United Kingdom. Today, we’re going to zoom out and identify the main cause of all the problems. If you look at the annual budget...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2022 | Blogs, Europe
I was excited about the possibility of pro-growth tax policy during the short-lived reign of Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. However, I’m now pessimistic about the nation’s outlook. Truss was forced to resign...
