by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m not an optimist about the future of Europe, mostly because welfare states are unaffordable in nations suffering from demographic decline. Given the grim trends on the continent, I expect many other nations (probably led by Italy) will experience the fiscal and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 18, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Waste
Given the routine corruption and reckless spending in Washington, I frequently get asked how I keep my sanity. It’s possible, as some of my friends argue, that I’m not actually sane. That would explain why I try to put my finger in the dyke of big government as more...
by Dan Mitchell | May 9, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
Earlier today, I gave a speech about populism and capitalism at the Free Market Road Show in Thessaloniki, Greece. But I’m not writing about my speech (read this and this if you want to get an idea of what I said about American policy under Trump). Instead, I want to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I should get an award for equal opportunity. The Bureaucrat Hall of Fame has plenty of American members, but it also has civil servants from India, France, and Italy, and the United Kingdom, all of whom have gone above and beyond the call of duty in their efforts to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics, Europe, Government Spending
For understandable reasons, the fiscal mess in Greece has dominated the European economic headlines. But there are other developments that deserve attention. Amazingly, some politicians think Europe’s stagnant economy can be improved with more harmonization, more...
