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European Parliament Divided Over Chat Control

While the EPP tried to reassure colleagues that the proposed legislation preventing child sexual abuse does not violate the personal privacy of EU citizens, many MEPs remain unconvinced, calling for different approaches.

Tamás Orbán May 1, 2023

The Finnish Centre Right’s Victory: Is the Tide Turning in Europe?

The continent is decidedly moving towards the Right. This could mean that the current balance of power in Brussels could radically change in favor of the center-Right in 2024.

Vincenzo Caccioppoli April 30, 2023

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Signs of Stagflation

New data suggests an elevated risk for stagflation in Europe. Policymakers beware!

Sven R. Larson April 26, 2023

Fiscal Forecast America: Farewell to State Independence

America’s states are supposed to be sovereign jurisdictions. Yet when the federal government is their main source of revenue, how independent are they really?

Sven R. Larson April 26, 2023

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Financial Markets Bad for Tax Revenue

Financial markets are important to governments that need a lot of tax revenue to pay for their welfare states. The problem with taxes levied on financial markets is that they generate unstable revenue.

Sven R. Larson April 20, 2023

Fiscal Forecast America: Financial Markets and the Federal Budget

The more a tax system relies on financial markets, the more volatile and unpredictable those tax revenues will become. There is no doubt that the U.S. government is experiencing that in real time in 2023.

Sven R. Larson April 19, 2023

Beyond TikTok: Let’s Talk About Another Chinese Trojan Horse

As dangerous as TikTok is, it’s not the only Chinese creation that deserves closer attention.

John Mac Ghlionn April 17, 2023

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

With a welfare state that dominates their budgets, European governments are exceedingly vulnerable to a recession. When tax revenue declines and entitlements force governments to spend more, the inevitable result is larger budget deficits. What will the ECB do in response to that?

Sven R. Larson April 13, 2023

Macron Sets the World on Fire With Statements on Taiwan

Did Macron speak in the name of Europe, or in the name of France? The key to Emmanuel Macron’s untimely declaration is perhaps to be found in his desire to conform to French opinion, still driven by an old Gaullist reflex.

Hélène de Lauzun April 12, 2023

Fiscal Forecast America: Update on Recession and Debt Crisis

If government size and employment rate had been the same in 2022 as they were in 2000, the cost of today’s government would have been $47,000 per employed person. That is a lot of money—until we do the same arithmetic with today’s government size and employment rate. Then the cost comes out to $59,700.

Sven R. Larson April 12, 2023

Category: Analysis

European Parliament Divided Over Chat Control

The Finnish Centre Right’s Victory: Is the Tide Turning in Europe?

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Signs of Stagflation

Fiscal Forecast America: Farewell to State Independence

Fiscal Forecast Europe: Financial Markets Bad for Tax Revenue

Fiscal Forecast America: Financial Markets and the Federal Budget

Beyond TikTok: Let’s Talk About Another Chinese Trojan Horse

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

Macron Sets the World on Fire With Statements on Taiwan

Fiscal Forecast America: Update on Recession and Debt Crisis

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