by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Martin Feldstein’s on a roll, but not in a good way. Earlier this week in the Wall Street Journal, he advocated throwing in the towel on reforming Social Security into a system of personal retirement accounts. Today, in the New York Times, he endorses big tax...
by Brian Garst | May 4, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Regulations
I mentioned the other day a claim from CEI that regulatory burdens cost the economy nearly $2 trillion in 2008. The Phoenix Center also recently produced a policy bulletin examining the costs of the regulatory state (Hat-tip: Big Government). In quantifying the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Michael Gerson is upset that the GOP budget would trim some money from the foreign aid budget. In his Washington Post column, he regurgitates Obama Administration talking points, claiming that less foreign aid will kill tens of thousands of poor children in Africa....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 28, 2011 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
Okay, the title’s an exaggeration, but this chart is rather revealing. It shows how per-capita GDP has changed between 1980 and 2008 in Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela. As you can see, Chile used to be the poorest of the three countries and now it is comparatively...
by CF&P | Feb 22, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 22, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Video Uses International Examples to Show that Limiting the Growth of Government Spending Is the Best Fiscal Policy...
