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...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
We’ve already addressed this issue, but this story is even more amusng. I’ll resist the need for any (additional) awful puns, and I’ll even admit I don’t know for sure that these…um…services are financed by taxpayers (but that must...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs
Here’s a good big-picture analysis from the Weekly Standard blog: http://weeklystandard.com/articles/do-mention-war. Here’s a story about riots and social chaos: http://m.cnbc.com/us_news/35810290. And here’s a story comparing Greece and New York:...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Uncategorized
According to Financial Times report the politicians in Paris and Berlin want to set up some sort of European Monetary Fund to help bail out Greece and other profligate European nations. This is good news in the short run for American taxpayers since it is less likely...
