by Dan Mitchell | Oct 19, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
For a land-locked nation without many natural resources, Switzerland is remarkably successful. One reason for the country’s success is pro-market policy. Switzerland routinely scores in the top 5 according to both Economic Freedom of the World and Index of Economic...
by Sven R. Larson | Oct 29, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
We certainly have reasons to celebrate the success of the U.S. economy in 2018. In September, the unemployment rate was at the lowest it has been since 1969, and GDP growth is bound for its highest annual rate in more than ten years. These are times when government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
There are many threats to prosperity, both in the short run and long run. A tit-for-tat global trade war that would repeat the mistakes of the 1930s. Punitive class-warfare taxes stifling investment and entrepreneurship. Financial bubbles fueled by the easy-money...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
What could be more fun than to spend the day before Christmas reading about fiscal policy? I realize there are probably endless ways to answer that question, particularly since normal people are probably more concerned about the rumor that the feds are going to arrest...
