by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I don’t expect a good outcome to the European fiscal crisis, largely because nobody seems to understand that the real problem is excessive government spending. The economic illiterates in the press sometimes say the fight in Europe is between austerity and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation
The German Chancellor and French President have put together a plan to boost growth. Sounds like a good goal, but what specifically are they proposing? Some of the obvious ideas include: Lowering tax rates to boost incentives for productive behavior. Reducing the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I don’t blame the Democrats for wanting to seduce Republicans into a tax-increase trap. Indeed, I completely understand why some Democrats said their top political goal was getting the GOP to surrender the no-tax-hike position. I’m mystified, though, why some...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I realize this is about as productive as talking to a brick wall, but I’m going to explain some basic economics to statist French policymakers (oops, pardon the redundancy). This heroic – albeit surely futile – impulse is triggered by a recent proposal from President...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Late last year, Spanish voters kicked out a socialist government and elected a new government led by the supposedly conservative People’s Party. Is that translating into smaller government and more freedom? Doesn’t look that way. It seems that Spanish right-of-center...
