Tag Archives : Mitchell’s Golden Rule
A Growing Consensus for Spending Caps and the MAP Act
There’s significant agreement on spending caps.
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Alaska’s Oil-Fueled Spending Binge Violates Fiscal Policy’s Golden Rule, Leads to Budget Mess
Governments get in trouble because politicians have a hard time resisting the urge to spend money during growth years.
read more...A Very Simple Plan to Balance the Budget by 2021
All it takes is a modest amount of future spending restraint.
read more...Budget Myths and Facts for the 2016 Campaign
Evaluating a “Fiscal FactChecker” from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget
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Puerto Rico: Another Harsh Lesson about the Consequences of Violating Fiscal Policy’s Golden Rule
The Greece of the Caribbean.
read more...Will Denmark Become a Shining Example of Mitchell’s Golden Rule?
Denmark may have a big welfare state and a punitive tax system, but it is very pro-market in other policy areas.
read more...Very Powerful Real-World Evidence for Spending Caps
More proof that a well designed spending cap can successfully constrain spend-happy politicians.
read more...Bill Clinton and the Retroactive Application of Mitchell’s Golden Rule
Republicans should use the Clinton budget against Democrats.
read more...The Alberta Example: Spending Caps Are the Way to Prevent Unsustainable Fiscal Binges During Growth Years
We need a spending cap as constraint on the destructive behavior of politicians.
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