by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
What do you do if you’re part of a government bureaucracy that has been caught red-handed engaged in sleazy, corrupt, and (almost surely) illegal targeting of Americans for their political beliefs? But before you answer, keep in mind that your bureaucracy also has...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation
In my never-ending crusade to push for the right kind of austerity, I appeared on RT to pontificate on the merits of limited government. We got to cover a lot of material, so here’s some augmenting material. 1. The right kind of “austerity” is less government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
At the European Resource Bank conference earlier this month, Pierre Bessard from Switzerland’s Institut Liberal spoke on a panel investigating “The Link between the Weight of the State and Economic prosperity.” His presentation included two slides that definitely are...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I’m not reluctant to criticize my friends at the Heritage Foundation. In some cases, it is good-natured ribbing because of the Cato-Heritage softball rivalry, but there are also real policy disagreements. For instance, even though it is much better than current...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian, Taxation
I want a smaller burden of government spending, so you can only imagine how frustrating it is for me to observe the fight in Europe. On one side of the debate you have pro-spenders, who call themselves “growth” advocates, but are really just Keynesians. On the other...
