by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Government Waste
Last month, I shared a video about bloated bureaucracy from a group called Government Gone Wild. That generated a big response, so here’s another video from the same group, only this one looks at egregious examples of government waste. If you like videos on wasteful...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Energy, Government Spending
The President’s “green energy” loan program has turned into an embarrassment for the White House, in part because of the sordid corruption associated with the bankruptcy of Solyndra. But the subsidy program also has attracted some negative attention for its failure to...
by Kevin Hilferty | Jul 21, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
Susan Feiner, in a recent blog post for Ms Magazine, argues that continuing deficits favor the feminist movement. The post is entitled “A Feminist Economist Speaks Out: Deficits are a Grrrl’s Best Friend”. Normally I wouldn’t give any time to addressing the arguments...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
The United States has been on a decade-long spending binge. Thanks to the profligate policies of both Bush and Obama, the burden of federal spending has climbed to about 25 percent of economic output, up from 18.2 percent of GDP when Bill Clinton left office. The...
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...
