by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
About two weeks ago, I shared a new study that warned about potential fiscal crises in developed nations. The study specifically warned about “sustainable debt limits” in the United States, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Using a...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In 2018, I shared a study that gave people a way to predict when a country would suffer a fiscal crisis. I liked the findings because the authors concluded that spending restraint was the best way of staying out of trouble. Now there’s a new...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I just finished a speech at a conference in Miami that looked at changing demographics and the implications for tax competition. To elaborate, I explained how an ever-growing burden of government spending will lead to more...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Citing a report in the New York Times, I wrote two days ago about how excessive government spending is the real reason for economic and political turmoil in Sri Lanka and Bolivia. Kenya and Pakistan also were featured in the story, but I didn’t focus on...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve written previously about Pakistan getting into trouble because government spending grew too fast over a multi-year period. And I also wrote about Kenya suffering economic problems for the same reason. Today, let’s look at the fiscal...
