by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Every so often, I share quirky examples of libertarian policy in places that generally are not associated with a laissez-faire approach to governance. Argentina Mexico Nigeria Today, we’re going to add Germany to our list. According to a report by Car and Driver, the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
I get quite agitated when the folks in Washington make dumb choices that waste money and hinder prosperity. That being said, I take comfort in the fact that governments in other nations also do stupid things. I guess this is the policy version of “misery loves...
by Dan Mitchell | May 3, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
In a column for the New York Times, Jochen Bittner writes about how a rising star of Germany’s Social Democrat Party wants the type of socialism that made the former East Germany an economic failure. Socialism, the idea that workers’ needs are best met by the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation
Germany is like the Nordic nations. It gets a decent ranking (#20) for overall economic freedom, but mostly because a bad score for fiscal policy is offset by reasonably good scores in other policy areas. Taking a closer look at fiscal policy, there’s a heavy burden...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 22, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
In the last few days, European media have boasted breaking news about the tax scandal of the century. A German journalist network is credited with uncovering gigantic “tax fraud” involving banks from several European countries, and at least one American...
