by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2023 | Blogs, Monetary Policy, Taxation
The British economy recently has been hammered by rising prices for the same reason that the American economy and the Eurozone economies were hurt by inflation. Simply stated, central bankers engaged in reckless monetary policy. And the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I’ve been very critical of big-spending Republicans like Trump for two reasons. First, bigger government saps economic vitality by diverting resources from the economy’s productive sector.Second, bigger government sooner or...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I have been very pessimistic in recent years about the United Kingdom. Now, having just finished giving speeches in Bristol and London, I’m even more pessimistic. The core problem is that the burden of government spending has expanded dramatically in recent...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side
As documented in Commanding Heights: The Battle of Ideas, Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan saved their nations from economic malaise and decline. Today, let’s focus on what happened in the United Kingdom. Economic liberty greatly...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
I often bemoan the fact that government intervention has created an expensive and inefficient health system in the United States. But that does not mean I want a total government takeover of the health sector like in the United Kingdom....
