by Dan Mitchell | May 14, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
There’s an enormous amount of data showing that people in the United States enjoy much higher livings standards than Europeans. That’s not too surprising since most European governments have adopted large-sized welfare states while...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
Switzerland is a role model (the freest nation, the most-sensible nation, etc) and France is suffering from statism (biggest spending burden, confiscatory taxes, etc). As such, nobody should be surprised to learn that...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In Part I of this series, I wrote about the size of government in France (it’s too big). In Part II of this series, I wrote about the growth of government in France (it’s growing too fast). For Part III of the series, let’s consider some of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Given the dirigiste mindset of the nation’s politicians, I’ve joked that France’s national sport is taxation. And I mocked a former French President for graciously and mercifully deciding that no residents should pay more than 80 percent of their income...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
While writing about Colombia’s fiscal problems 10 days ago, I issued my 20th Theorem of Government. Simply stated, governments get in trouble because politicians spend too much money. To be more specific, they don’t follow my Golden Rule. And that’s exactly...
