by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The Laffer Curve is one of my favorite issues (see here, here, here, here, here, etc). But it is a very frustrating topic. Half my time is spent trying to convince left-leaning people that the Laffer Curve exists. I use common-sense explanations. I cite historical...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 10, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I’ve written before about the upcoming breakdown of the European welfare state, and my fingers are crossed that American policy makers will learn the right lessons and restrain the size and scope of government before we suffer from the social chaos and disarray that...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
Here’s a new video from the Taxpayers Alliance in the United Kingdom exposing how left-wing environmental groups get funded by government handouts. David Cameron supposedly is being tough on spending, but I’ve already revealed that overall spending is climbing at...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2010 | Blogs, Europe
The United States, Canada, and Switzerland are the only developed nations that have some degree of genuine federalism (Germany and Australia don’t count by my standards), and Switzerland is the only country where the central government is smaller than the...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2010 | Blogs
Last year, I commented on a handful of crazed environmentalists who were sterilizing themselves because children boost carbon emissions. I thought this was a wonderful form of natural selection since it meant at least some statists weren’t passing on their…um…peculiar...
