by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
About two weeks ago, I shared a new study that warned about potential fiscal crises in developed nations. The study specifically warned about “sustainable debt limits” in the United States, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Using a...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Less than two weeks ago, I wrote about anemic economic performance in Europe. So I was very interested to see that the European Commission just issued a report about improving European Competitiveness. Spearheaded by Mario Draghi, the former...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Free Market
It’s an annual tradition (2023, 2022, 2021…all the way back to 2010) to write about the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. Since most people care about relative rankings, I’ll start with a look at the 25 nations that have the most...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 29, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve written many times about how Americans are much richer than Europeans. And I’ve also written many times that the U.S. economy has been growing faster (which shouldn’t happen according to convergence theory). There’s a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
Economic freedom has been declining in the United States in recent decades. But it’s also been declining in Western Europe over the same period. It’s almost as if politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are having a race to see who can do the...
