by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2022 | Blogs, Europe
I’m in Europe to give a couple of speeches about fiscal policy, so I’m going to spend all week commenting on the continent’s (mostly miserable) fiscal policy. Let’s start with comments about Italy, the nation most likely to suffer a crisis. Normally, I tell...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2022 | Blogs, Europe, Free Market
I write frequently about the economic damage caused by European fiscal policy, but today let’s comment on the (comparatively) good policies that exist on the other side of the Atlantic. We’ll start with this video excerpt from a presentation...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2022 | Blogs, Economic Growth
Because of my libertarian proclivities, I don’t like when people assert that the United States should have European-sized government. But this is not merely a question of ideology. I’ve repeatedly pointed out that there is a relationship between...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I often cite the OECD’s data on “actual individual consumption” to show that the average American enjoys higher living standards than the average European. In this clip from a recent presentation, I compare the United States and France. I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 22, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Free Market
I wrote just yesterday about Europe lagging behind the United States, and that’s in addition to many similar columns over the past year. But let’s not forget that Europe is also the cradle of classical liberalism, and that...
