The private sector is providing road repair, fire protection, and traffic control.

People are opting for private alternatives to government.

In a normal economy a wealth tax would be a mistake. Now it would be catastrophic.

Not much to cheer about this year.

Good policy is producing vastly superior results in Botswana.

When asked about the most worrisome statistic for a nation, I don’t say it’s the top marginal tax rate, even though I think class-warfare taxation is very poisonous for long-run economic performance. Nor do I say it’s the burden of government spending relative to private economic output, even though the size of the public sector gives us a good idea of the degree […]