by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2019 | Blogs, Europe
The Department of Agriculture should be abolished. Yesterday, if possible. It’s basically a welfare scam for politically connected farmers and it undermines the efficiency of America’s agriculture sector. Some of the specific handouts – such as those...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2019 | Blogs, Europe
I was interviewed yesterday about the economy. That meant talking about new jobs numbers, as well as speculating on what’s happening with the Federal Reserve. For today’s column, though, I want to share the part of the interview that focused on the United Kingdom’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
My primary job is dealing with misguided public policy in the United States. I spend much of my time either trying to undo bad policies with good reform (flat tax, spending restraint, regulatory easing, trade liberalization) or fighting off additional bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2019 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’ve written over and over again about how European-sized welfare states require big tax burdens on poor and middle-income taxpayers. Simply stated, there aren’t enough rich people to finance big government. Especially since they generally have the ability to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2019 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’ve argued for many years that a Clean Brexit is the right step for the United Kingdom for the simple reason that the European Union is a slowly sinking ship. Part of the problem is demographics. Europe’s welfare states are already very expensive and the relative...
