What Can We Learn by Comparing Relative Living Standards in OECD Nations?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2022 | Blogs, Economic Growth

Because of my libertarian proclivities, I don’t like when people assert that the United States should have European-sized government. But this is not merely a question of ideology. I’ve repeatedly pointed out that there is a relationship between...

International Bureaucracies Push for More Poverty in Latin America

by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation

Even though they ostensibly exist to promote economic growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have an unfortunate track record of promoting higher taxes and bigger government. Not that we...

Which Nation Will Be the Next to Go Bankrupt?

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements

Last month, I shared a chart from a study published by the European Central Bank. It showed which European nations were in the unfortunate position of facing big future spending increases (the vertical axis) combined with already-high levels...

The OECD’s Despicably Dishonest Campaign for Redistribution

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2022 | Blogs, Economics

The past two days have featured columns about Estonia, with the first one focusing on the nation’s impressive rebound after decades of communist enslavement and the second one criticizing the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...

OECD Bureaucrats Advocate Statist Policies that Would Weaken Estonia

by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs

I wrote yesterday about how pro-market policies in Estonia are helping that nation catch up (converge) with other European nations. Indeed, Estonia arguably is the most successful country to emerge from the economic...