Decades of budget-balancing fiscal policy have now eaten their way into so many vital systems in Swedish society that the country is at risk of a systemic implosion.
As the economic elite comes to Washington for the IMF-World Bank meetings, they cry about Trump’s idea for trade tariffs. Frankly, they have no idea what they are talking about.
Most EU countries have made impressive strides in returning to price stability. So why is Belgium going against the tide?
The ECB is on a mission to return the euro zone to low interest rates. For three reasons, I am stubbornly opposed to this.
Workers are frustrated over recent inflation, but an aggressive push for rapid wage hikes could bring inflation back, and make it stay longer.
The Economics Prize committee seems to pick laureates based not on scholarship, but on the committee members’ own political preferences.
Politicians in two European countries try to end budget deficits by taxing the rich more. As evidence shows, this is a very bad idea.
Kamala Harris’s tax on unrealized capital gains is clumsy, immoral, and economically ineffective.
Conservatives love citing the Laffer Curve to justify tax cuts, but before they rush to use it, they’d be wise to first understand its flaws and limitations.
The center-right government’s attempt at stimulating the economy does just that—while at the same time doing the very opposite.
There are many reasons for the current U.S. debt, one being that Congress has reduced its constitutional budget duty to a legislative bargaining tool.
Anyone looking for a parody of fiscal policy needs to look no further than France. The French government has been