Interpersonal trust and individualism go hand in hand.

A nation that trades the work ethic for universal handouts is taking a very risky gamble.

Norway would be in even better shape if the fiscal burden of government wasn’t so onerous.

A new book exposes the faults in the Nordic welfare state model.

Excessive government has gotten Brazil in big, big trouble.

Should dependency really be easier and more respectable?

Scholars have wrangled with the questions of social capital for centuries. Can we make sense of it?

Social attitudes play a large role in determining a nation’s long-run prosperity. But how easily can they be changed?

Why are some nations rich and other nations poor? What has enabled some nations to escape poverty while others continue to languish? And if we want to help poor nations prosper, what’s the right recipe? Since I’m a public finance economist, I’m tempted to say a flat tax and small government are an elixir for prosperity, but those policies […]