by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
When debating big issues such as the size and scope of government, I like to think that facts matter. Maybe I’m being naive, but people should look at evidence before deciding whether to make government bigger or smaller. And with...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
When I compare the United States and Europe, it’s usually because I want to make the point that people on the other side of the Atlantic have lower living standards in large part because there is a more onerous fiscal burden of government. Simply...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2022 | Blogs, Free Market
When I first wrote about the Index of Economic Freedom back in 2010, the United States was comfortably among the world’s 10-freest nations with a score of 78 out of 100. By last year, America had dropped to #20, with a very mediocre score of 74.8....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 6, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Welfare and Entitlements
I created the Eighth Theorem of Government to illustrate the difference between well-meaning people (who want to help the poor) and zero-sum people (who seem to think some people are poor because other people are rich). This raises the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
As I warned a few days ago, Biden’s so-called Build Back Better plan is not dead. There’s still a significant risk that this economy-sapping plan will get enacted, resulting in big tax increases and a larger burden of government spending....
