by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2025 | Blogs, Society
While I have a few opinions related to fires and natural disasters (government firefighters are usually overpaid, FEMA shouldn’t exist, etc), I’m not going to comment on how government officials in California have handled the fire. Simply stated, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Yesterday’s column looked at which states had the biggest unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pensions, with Illinois, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Kentucky being the worst of the worst. Today, courtesy of the good work of Geoffrey Lawrence, Jordan Campbell...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, States
During Trump’s first term, he was a big spender. He even wound up increasing domestic spending at a faster rate than Barack Obama. What can we expect in a second term? A week after the election, as part of my “Second Edition of Trump” series, I speculated...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
As I wrote last month, the world is a laboratory that teaches us about the relative merits of free enterprise and statism. I usually apply this insight to national governments. Countries with total statism (North Korea, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela) are...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
What’s the most poorly governed city in the United States? Is it San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, Minneapolis, or Seattle? How about none of the above. At least if we care about empirical research. In 2019, I shared a...
