Which Nation Has Dumber Bureaucrats and More Political Correctness, the United States or United Kingdom?

by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs

Somebody just sent me a story from the UK-based Daily Telegraph about two little boys who got in trouble for playing army at school. You may think I’m joking, but here’s a blurb from the report. Staff at Nathaniel Newton Infant School in Nuneaton, Warwickshire,...

Five reasons Why Switzerland Is Better than the United States (but Five Reasons Why I’ll Stay in America)

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy, Government Spending

Greetings from Montreux, Switzerland, on the shores of Lake Geneva. There aren’t many places where palm trees are framed by snow-capped mountains. Heck, even I managed to take a decent photo. But let’s shift back to the world of public policy. Every time I’m in...

China, Currency Wars, Monetary Policy, and Competitiveness

by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Government Spending

I was part of a debate for an English-language Russian TV program on the international implications of economic policy, particularly with regard to the United States and China. My job was simple because I am not a big fan of either nation’s policy. Government...

Which Nation Will Be the Next European Debt Domino…or Will It Be the United States?

by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements

Thanks to decades of reckless spending by European welfare states, the newspapers are filled with headlines about debt, default, contagion, and bankruptcy. We know that Greece and Ireland already have received direct bailouts, and other European welfare states are...