by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
I worry about public policy in the United States. It’s gotten worse in recent decades and I worry it will get worse in the future. But there are not many better alternatives. A few small countries allow more economic liberty, such as Singapore and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
There are three important things to understand about Western Europe. The burden of government is larger than it is in the United States. Lower-income and middle-class taxpayers finance that extra spending. Europe’s greater fiscal burden is associated with less...
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...
