by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2010 | Blogs, Europe
I don’t know what’s more laughable, the fact that some EU bureaucracy is creating an 80-minute poem (with dancing, no less), or that the “low-grade bank clerk” who masquerades as the European Council President is going to publish a a book of...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Greece is in trouble for a combination of reasons. Government spending is far too excessive, diverting resources from more efficient uses. The bureaucracy is too large and paid too much, resulting in a misallocation of labor. And tax rates are too high, further...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 30, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Or maybe this belongs in the “great moments in international bureaucracy” series since it relates to European Union law. Regardless, we have another sign of Europe’s fiscal nightmare. A court in the United Kingdom has given a big green light to...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 29, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Ireland may be in a recession (caused in large part by misguided housing subsidies), but there are two things worth admiring about the Emerald Isle’s public policy. Many wonks already know about the first policy, the 12.5 percent corporate tax rate that helped...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Greece’s fiscal disarray is a visible manifestation of Europe’s future, but the most appropriate symbol of what’s wrong with the continent comes from Brussels, where there are three “presidents” fighting over the right to represent Europe...
