by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Part of being a libertarian is that you believe all people have a right to life, liberty, and property, and that you support their right to make their own choices – even choices you don’t like – so long as they are not violating the life, liberty...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Why does the United Kingdom have very foolish tax policies? Well, it does have remarkably clueless politicians. But let’s also put part of the blame on the country’s suicidally stupid voters. Consider this new polling data. Big majorities of Labour and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In Part I of this series last year, we started with a table looking at the degree to which successful people were leaving some countries and moving to others. Let’s start Part II with a look at a map showing how much money they are...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2025 | Blogs, Europe
I supported Brexit for two reasons. The European Union is a sinking ship and a vote for Brexit spares British taxpayers from being on the hook when massive bailouts occur. Leaving the European Union would give the United Kingdom more leeway to choose a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
About two months ago, I wrote that the United Kingdom needed to copy Javier Milei and dramatically reduce the burden of government spending. The immediate goal should be to reverse the post-pandemic spending surge of the Johnson and...