by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
In 2013, during a political squabble over a previous government shutdown, here’s some of what I wrote. …in my libertarian fantasy world, we leave it closed. Or at least we never bother to reopen counterproductive bureaucracies such as the Department of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve repeatedly written about the likelihood of another European fiscal crisis (see here, here, here, and here), and I’ve specifically speculated that Italy will be the first domino (see here, here, here, here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
My 20th Theorem of Government is based on the very simple – but empirically rigorous – premise that the key fiscal variable is spending growth. If government is restrained, there are inevitably good outcomes. If government grows rapidly,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When contemplating which nation will be the next to suffer a fiscal crisis, Italy has traditionally been on everyone’s watch list. Including mine. But now there’s a lot of attention on France, and with good reason. And I think many people...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In an interview with Patrick Young, I pontificated on a wide range of issues. Here’s a clip of me making the case that Javier Milei might save the world from a seemingly inevitable fiscal crisis. If you don’t want to spend three minutes...
