by Dan Mitchell | Oct 14, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There can be honest and constructive debates about the size of government, such as when I cross swords with someone on the left who understands Arthur Okun’s efficiency-equity tradeoff. Another legitimate debate is about the impact of tax policy,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 25, 2025 | Blogs, Europe
To highlight preposterous examples of waste and malfeasance, I have three ongoing series: Great moments in state government Great moments in local government Great moments in foreign government Today, I have to create a new category. Because we’re going to cite an...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Back in 2011, I speculated about which nation would be the next debt domino. I even wondered if it might be the United States. Now I look at the chart I shared and think those were “the good ol’ days.” Why? Because all of those nations today (other than Ireland)...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
For many years (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), Greece has been one of my go-to examples for bad government policy. But that’s changed this decade. I wrote earlier this...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 23, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In the past seven months, I’ve used my 20th Theorem of Government to analyze three countries (France, Brazil, Colombia) and two states (Maryland, Washington). All of those case studies were examples of “fiscal deterioration,” which occurs when politicians...
