by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Last month, I shared a chart from a study published by the European Central Bank. It showed which European nations were in the unfortunate position of facing big future spending increases (the vertical axis) combined with already-high levels...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
What’s the most depressing chart in the world? If you believe in limited government and you’re looking back in time, this example or this example are good candidates. But if we’re looking into the future, this chart from a new study by...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As part of my recent appearance on The Square Circle (we discussed Uvalde police, gun control, and Ukraine), I said that the new Social Security numbers were the under-reported story of the week. For more details, I was referring to the latest Trustees Report,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
The title of this column is an exaggeration. What we’re really going to do today is explain the main things you need to know about government debt. We’ll start with this video from Kite and Key Media, which correctly observes...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
It’s an annual tradition (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc) to list a handful of things that I hope might happen in the upcoming year, as well as the things I fear may happen. Sadly, since I understand the economics of “public choice” (something...
