by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve occasionally commented on foolish public policy in the United Kingdom, including analysis on how the welfare state destroys lives and turns people into despicable moochers. But if you really want to understand the horrifying absurdity of the welfare state, check...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
Demonstrating that he’s probably not a fan of Mitchell’s Golden Rule, Paul Krugman recently asserted that fiscal austerity has failed in the United Kingdom. Citing Keynesian theory and weak economics numbers, he warned about “the austerity doctrine that has dominated...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
In June of last year, I posted several examples of idiotic government policy from both the United States and United Kingdom and asked which nation had the dumbest bureaucrats and politicians. Since then, we have found new examples of brain-dead government and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2011 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
Paul Krugman has told us that awful stories about government-run healthcare in Britain “are false.” I guess this means that the media must be dominated by conservative liars, since we keep getting reports about substandard care and needless deaths...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2011 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
Even though Paul Krugman has told us that horror stories about government-run healthcare in Britain “are false,” we keep getting reports about substandard care and needless deaths (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). Well, let’s add another...
