by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Earlier this year, I criticized the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for endorsing an orgy of Keynesian spending. Did my criticism have an effect? Well, the bureaucrats in Paris just issued a new report that bluntly suggests a reorientation of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
When I give speeches on fiscal policy, I commonly get some variation of this question (and you can choose one of more of the options). Isn’t our fiscal problem largely the result of the wars/intervention/Iraq/Afghanistan/Libya/Syria launched by...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I’m a fiscal policy wonk, so I freely acknowledge that I sometimes look at the world through green-eyeshade-colored lenses. But I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that expanding entitlements, changing demographics, and increasing dependency are the main...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
I’m a big fan of the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. These three countries emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Empire and they have taken advantage of their independence to become successful market-driven economies. One key to their relative...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Tax Competition, Taxation
Back in 2010, I shared a cartoon video making a very important point that there’s a big downside when class-warfare politicians abuse and mistreat highly productive taxpayers. Simply stated, the geese with the golden eggs may fly away. And this isn’t just theory. As...
