by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of globalization, so does that make me a globalist? That depends on what is meant by that term. If it means free trade and peaceful interaction with other nations, the answer is yes. But if it means global governance by anti-market bureaucracies such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2019 | Blogs, Europe
I was interviewed yesterday about the economy. That meant talking about new jobs numbers, as well as speculating on what’s happening with the Federal Reserve. For today’s column, though, I want to share the part of the interview that focused on the United Kingdom’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2019 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’ve written over and over again about how European-sized welfare states require big tax burdens on poor and middle-income taxpayers. Simply stated, there aren’t enough rich people to finance big government. Especially since they generally have the ability to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2019 | Blogs, Europe, Taxation
I’ve argued for many years that a Clean Brexit is the right step for the United Kingdom for the simple reason that the European Union is a slowly sinking ship. Part of the problem is demographics. Europe’s welfare states are already very expensive and the relative...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
Thanks to the glorious miracle of capitalism, I’m writing this column 36,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. I’m on my way back from Europe, where I ground through about a dozen presentations as part of a swing through 10 countries. Most of my speeches were about the...
