by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The burden of government spending is already excessive. But the numbers will get worse with the passage of time if policy is left on autopilot. The main culprits are the so-called mandatory programs. Entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare, Food Stamps,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2016 | Blogs, Competition
Programs about the improbable success of Chile and Estonia already have aired on nationwide TV, and those were joined last weekend by a show about the “sensible nation” of Switzerland. Here’s the 28-minute program. When I first watched the program, I was slightly...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | May 13, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Hill’s Congress Blog on May 13, 2016. If there’s one sure takeaway from the 2016 presidential campaign season thus far, it’s that the public is not happy with Washington elites. Yet it doesn’t seem like...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Australia is one of my favorite nations, and not just because the people are friendly. It has a modest-sized government, at least compared to other developed nations (see table 25 of this OECD data), and it has a very attractive private Social Security system that...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Does Donald Trump have a consistent and coherent set of economic policies? He sometimes says things indicating that he understands Washington is a cesspool of waste. But on other occasions, he seems to be singing off the same song sheet as Bernie Sanders. Which is...
