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Data in New World Bank Report Shows that Large Public Sectors Reduce Economic Growth

Daniel J. Mitchell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:59:47 +0000

By Daniel J. Mitchell

When Ronald Reagan said that big government undermined the economy, some people dismissed his comments because of his philosophical belief in liberty. And when I discuss my work on the economic impact of government spending, I often get the same reaction. This is why it’s important that a growing number of establishment outfits are slowly [...]

Data in New World Bank Report Shows that Large Public Sectors Reduce Economic Growth is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

European Court Threatens America’s Security

Luke Coffey — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:45:31 +0000

Many Americans will not recognize the name Abu Qatada. Qatada is a radical Muslim cleric currently behind bars in the United Kingdom waiting deportation to Jordan for terrorism-related charges. It has been widely reported that he is also wanted by authorities in Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, and Algeria and has been once described by a Spanish judge as “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe.” The British government claims that Qatada provided religious and spiritual advice to extremist groups almost immediately after arriving in Britain in the mid-1990s. Qatada … More

Illinois Downgrade: More Evidence that Higher Taxes Make Fiscal Problems Worse

Daniel J. Mitchell — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:08:00 +0000

By Daniel J. Mitchell

I don’t blame Democrats for wanting to seduce Republicans into a tax-increase trap. Indeed, I completely understand why some Democrats said their top political goal was getting the GOP to surrender the no-tax-hike position. I’m mystified, though, why some Republicans are willing to walk into such a trap. If you were playing chess against someone, [...]

Illinois Downgrade: More Evidence that Higher Taxes Make Fiscal Problems Worse is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

In Europe, Reducing Spending Necessary, but Not Sufficient, to Restore Economic Freedom

Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:53:55 +0000

If the 2012 edition of Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom has bad news for the United States, the news for Europe is not much better. The 43 nations of the European region did manage to lose less economic freedom than did the United States, but a decline is still a decline. And the European decline was broad-based: Only nine countries made gains, and every one of the top 10 declined—in some cases, dramatically. The underlying driver of the declines in many cases will come as no surprise: higher levels of … More

European Central Bank Research Shows that Government Spending Undermines Economic Performance

Daniel J. Mitchell — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:40:19 +0000

By Daniel J. Mitchell

Europe is in the midst of a fiscal crisis caused by too much government spending, yet many of the continent’s politicians want the European Central Bank to purchase the dodgy debt of reckless welfare states such as Spain, Italy, Greece, and Portugal in order to prop up these big government policies. So it’s especially noteworthy [...]

European Central Bank Research Shows that Government Spending Undermines Economic Performance is a post from Cato @ Liberty - Cato Institute Blog

The Fed, Other Central Banks Prepare for the Firestorm

J.D. Foster, Ph.D. — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:20:52 +0000

The Fed has shocked us once again, and it’s probably right. There’s a firestorm on the horizon. It starts in Europe, but it threatens the U.S. economy just as surely, and the Fed is getting ready. The most fundamental role of any central bank is to deal with a financial market crisis, to ensure markets operate as normally as circumstances permit. A central bank does this primarily by ensuring an adequate flow of liquidity to market participants, whether banks, other financial institutions, or other central banks. It is in this … More

A New History of the British Conservative Party

Nile Gardiner — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:30:57 +0000

American readers looking for a sweeping and superbly written study of the British Conservative Party should look no further than Robin Harris’s The Conservatives: A History, just published by Bantam Press. Its more than 600 pages cover every Conservative prime minister from Robert Peel to David Cameron, with in-depth and lively analysis of the premierships of some of the great titans of modern Britain, including Benjamin Disraeli, Lord Salisbury, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. As Harris observes in his conclusion, the Conservative Party has for two centuries symbolized the greatness … More