by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
A few days ago, I shared some slides from a presentation to an e-symposium organized by Trends Research in Abu Dhabi. Here’s a video of my presentation, which includes 16 visuals to drive home the point that the world is facing...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve written many times about demographic change and the implications for public policy – both in the United States and around the world. Simply stated, it will be increasingly difficult to maintain tax-and-transfer...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2015, just five years ago, it seemed like entitlement reform might happen. Republicans in the House and Senate voted for budgets based on much-needed changes to Medicare and Medicaid. That was only a symbolic step with Obama in the White House, to be sure, but...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2017, I compared the welfare state vision of “positive rights” with the classical liberal vision of “negative rights.” To elaborate, here’s a video from Learn Liberty that compares these visions. For what it’s worth, I don’t like the terms “positive rights”...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Compared to most of the world, Japan is a rich country. But it’s important to understand that Japan became rich when the burden of government was very small and there was no welfare state. Indeed, as recently as 1970, Japan’s fiscal policy was rated by Economic...
