by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2023 | Blogs, Europe
Most Americans pay little or no attention to the European Union and its various bureaucratic and political arms in Brussels. But that’s unwise. What happens in Europe can have an impact on policy in the United States. For instance, I have been very...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2023 | Blogs, Education
There’s much to admire about public policy in Canada, including good policies today (private air traffic control and no department of education) and good policies in the past (rigorous spending restraint in the 1990s). But there are also mistakes. Like...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
Some people are urging a national divorce between blue states and red states, but a far more practical approach is Swiss-style federalism. I’ve been a long-time advocate of copying Switzerland. It ranks very high for economic liberty, and this...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2022 | Blogs, States
I wrote a few days ago about how some New York Democratic politicians have awakened to the fact that it’s not a good idea to be too greedy. After all, if taxes are excessively high, the geese with the golden eggs can simply fly away – and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve previously explained the difference between entitlement spending and discretionary spending. I have also explained that entitlements are the main reason the United States faces a very grim fiscal future. And...
