by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’m in Shenyang, China, as part of the faculty for Northeastern University’s International Economics and Management program. My primary role is to talk about the economics of fiscal policy, explaining the impact of both taxes and spending. But regular readers already...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 21, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
Last year, I shared the most depressing PowerPoint slide in Danish history. Back in 2011, I wrote about a depressing picture of tax complexity in America. Let’s continue with the “depressing” theme today. James Bessen, from Boston University Law School, has an...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Over the years, I’ve repeatedly tied to explain why socialism is a terrible system while also explaining that we should be careful not to label people as socialists if it’s more accurate to refer to them as statists, redistributionists, cronyists, or fascists. To help...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
European economic analysts are paying too much attention to the United Kingdom and too little attention to Italy. Yes, the Brexit decision is important, and the United Kingdom is the world’s 5th-largest economy so it merits attention to see if there are any speed...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
The economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is the predictable result of statism run amok. And I will confess a bit of Schadenfreude has suffused my columns on the topic. I very much enjoyed mocking leftists who have tried to rationalize Venezuela’s economic...
