by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2025 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published in The Telegraph on February 3, 2025. Donald Trump’s second term in office is already generating controversy on topics as diverse as birthright citizenship and Greenland, but his presidency’s success will probably be determined by the economy. And...
by Robert O'Quinn | Sep 8, 2023 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Federal Spending Primer, Part III: The Spending Problem is an Entitlement Problem By Robert P. O’Quinn* Part I of this series explained that there are different types of spending while Part II noted that the overall burden of federal spending...
by Robert O'Quinn | Sep 6, 2023 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Federal Spending Primer, Part II: The Spending Burden By Robert P. O’Quinn* There are several ways to measure the burden of government spending and how that burden changes over time. The simplest way is to look at how much government is...
by Robert O'Quinn | Jul 25, 2023 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Federal Spending Primer, Part I: Budget Basics By Robert P. O’Quinn* This primer explains the core features of federal budgeting. The first section defines key concepts related to spending, revenue, loans, and debt. The second section...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 29, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
While speaking last week at the Acton Institute in Michigan, I responded to a question about the perpetual motion machine of Keynesian economics. For purposes of today’s column, let’s try to understand the Keynesian viewpoint. First and foremost, they think spending...
