The United States is in the middle of the pack.

Politicians talk big about screwing the rich, but the rest of us will be picking up the tab.

There is no way to finance a European-sized welfare state without pillaging middle-class and lower-income taxpayers.

There are many plausible explanations, but which is right?

How much money does the government really need?

Which nations rely the most on unfettered markets?

Depressing numbers about growing dependency in the United States.

Another argument from the left that makes no sense.

Denmark’s welfare state has created a problem.

Poverty in rich nations declined before modern welfare states.