by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States, Taxation
I often cite the 20th Theorem of Government (France, Brazil, Colombia, Maryland) to emphasize the danger of spending profligacy. Today, let’s add the state of Washington to that list. We’ll start with a chart from Americans for Tax Reform...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’m in Brazil for a speech to the Fórum da Liberdade, where I’ll be speaking on “The Future of the Global Order” and explaining the difference between good globalization and bad globalism. Given the topic dominating the news, I’ll obviously be...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Some traditions are enjoyable, like opening day of the baseball season or celebrating a child’s birthday. Today, we’re going to continue an unpleasant annual tradition (see 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) by looking at the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Last decade, three things made me optimistic about the United Kingdom. A lengthy period of spending restraint from 2010-2019. Voters chose in 2016 to escape the European Union. Boris Johnson was elected to deliver Brexit in 2019. Sadly, I was hopelessly naive. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Here are three options when contemplating Germany’s biggest economic challenge. Is it the growing burden of government, which likely will worsen over time because of demographic factors? Is it extreme environmental policies that have spiked energy costs and undermined...
