by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
What could be more fun than to spend the day before Christmas reading about fiscal policy? I realize there are probably endless ways to answer that question, particularly since normal people are probably more concerned about the rumor that the feds are going to arrest...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 16, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
The good thing about being a libertarian (above and beyond respecting the rights and liberties of other people) is that you can always say “I told you so” when government intervention leads to bad results. Obamacare is a very good (albeit very painful) example. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
In the world of fiscal policy, there are actually two big debates. One debate revolves around the appropriate size of government in the long run. Folks on the left argue that government spending generates a lot of value and that bigger government is a recipe for more...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
At the risk of understatement, I’m not a fan of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Perhaps reflecting the mindset of the European governments that dominate its membership, the Paris-based international bureaucracy has morphed into a cheerleader...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 28, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Supply Side
There’s a lot of speculation in Washington about what a Trump Administration will do on government spending. Based on his rhetoric it’s hard to know whether he’ll be a big-spending populist or a hard-nosed businessman. But what if that fight is pointless? Back in...
