by Sven R. Larson | Feb 19, 2019 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] Paid Family Leave: An Ideological Analysis By Sven R. Larson* In his 2019 State of the Union speech, President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to paid family leave: I am also proud to be the first President to include in my budget a plan for...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Over the past four days, I’ve looked at the supposed socialism of Venezuela, the Nordic nations, Greece, and France. And I chose those nations deliberately because I used them as examples in this clip from a recent interview. All of them are sometimes labeled as...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
My multi-part series on Socialism in the Modern World has featured Venezuela, the Nordic nations, and Greece. But no discussion of dirigiste policy would be complete without a look at France. After all, not only does France have a history of imposing 100-percent-plus...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Socialism
In Part I of this series, we examined the horrific tragedy of Venezuelan statism, and in Part II of this series, we looked at the Scandinavian “free-market welfare state.” Today, Part III will look at the ongoing deterioration of Greece. I’ve written many times about...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m at the Capetown Airport, about to leave South Africa, so this is an opportune time to share some thoughts on what I learned in the past seven days. 1. Land Seizures – The number-one issue in the country is a plan by the government to impose Zimbabwe-style land...
