by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
In the past couple of months, I’ve repeatedly addressed the fiscal and economic mess in the United Kingdom. Today, we’re going to zoom out and identify the main cause of all the problems. If you look at the annual budget...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2022 | Blogs, Europe
I was excited about the possibility of pro-growth tax policy during the short-lived reign of Liz Truss as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. However, I’m now pessimistic about the nation’s outlook. Truss was forced to resign...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 15, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Because of her support for lower tax rates, I was excited when Liz Truss became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Especially since her predecessor, Boris Johnson, turned out to be an empty-suit populist who supported higher taxes and...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 28, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
It is disappointing that the bureaucrats at the International Monetary Fund routinely advocate for higher taxes and bigger government in nations from all parts of the world (for examples,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I strongly supported Brexit in part because I wanted the United Kingdom to have both the leeway and the incentive to adopt pro-market policies. Imagine my disappointment, then, when subsequent Conservative Prime Ministers did nothing...
