More evidence that taxpayers respond to changes in tax policy.

NYT can’t figure out why the private sector languishes under big government.

Mocking the spectacular screw-ups and bizarre blunders that are a feature of all governments.

Why is Poland now rising?

Bureaucrats continue to find ways to live fat off taxpayers.

Some politicians think the answer to Europe’s stagnant economy is more bureaucratization and centralization.

Since I’m an economist, I generally support competition. But it’s time to admit that competition isn’t always a good idea. Particularly when international bureaucracies compete to see which one can promote the most-destructive pro-tax policies. For instance, I noted early last year that the bureaucrats at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) were pushing a […]

Are there any fact checkers at the New York Times? Since they’ve allowed some glaring mistakes by Paul Krugman (see here and here), I guess the answer is no. But some mistakes are worse than others. Consider a recent column by David Stuckler of Oxford and Sanjay Basu of Stanford. Entitled “How Austerity Kills,” it […]