by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
bout a year ago, I spoke at a conference in Europe that attracted a lot of very rich people from all over the continent, as well as a lot of people who manage money for high-net-worth individuals. What made this conference remarkable was not the presentations, though...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2011 | Blogs, Taxation, VAT
The Secretary of the Treasury, Tim Geithner, is infamous for conveniently forgetting to pay tax on $80,000 of income and then getting kid-glove treatment from the IRS when his crime was uncovered. Not only did Geithner avoid even a slap on the wrist, he was confirmed...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 15, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
The United Kingdom has one of the most statist healthcare systems in the world. Indeed, my Cato colleague Mike Tanner produced an excellent study showing that the U.K. system is more rigid and centralized than what is found even in nations such as Germany and France....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2011 | Blogs, Health Care
I’ve written several times about the sometimes-deadly shortcomings of government-run healthcare in the United Kingdom (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), so I like to think I’m relatively immune to being surprised. But this story from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Every so often, I can’t resist condemning someone for grossly immoral behavior. I beat up on Robert Murphy for stealing the value of someone else’s property. I attacked Olga Stefou for symbolizing the looter-class mentality of Greece. And I mocked Michael Wolfensohn...
