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Fiscal Forecast: Europe’s Big Economic Problem

Sven R. Larson July 20, 2023

Europe is stuck in unending economic stagnation. Everything suffers, from family budgets to health care to green policies. But there is a way back to growth and prosperity.

Fiscal Forecast: Europe Still Not Out of Inflation

Sven R. Larson July 13, 2023

With a little bit of bad luck, Europe could soon face rising inflation again. How can we stop it? Is the gold standard the answer? We explain why not.

The America Report: Conservatism in Practice

Sven R. Larson June 25, 2023

Americans for Tax Reform have a new spending reform project. Will it work? Is it ‘conservative enough’? We have the analysis.

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

Sven R. Larson April 13, 2023

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?

How Egoism Causes More Inflation

Sven R. Larson March 13, 2023

A sensational statement by the Federal Reserve reveals how we are setting ourselves up for another destructive inflation episode.

Conservative Policy: The Social Market Economy

Sven R. Larson March 7, 2023

Transforming conservative theory into policy takes a lot of work. The concept of the ‘social market economy’ is a good tool to make that happen.

The Failed American Welfare State

Sven R. Larson January 1, 2023

The long list of social benefits in the U.S. operate on a socialist ideological basis: they elevate the standard of living of the gainfully employed with lower incomes and have higher-income citizens pay for it.

Libertarianism: A Dead End

Sven R. Larson December 26, 2022

Despite clear and unwavering opposition to socialism, the conservative movement remains reluctant to dip its toes into the debate over the welfare state, the foremost vehicle for socialist policies in democratic countries.

The Rise of the Socialist Welfare State

Sven R. Larson May 11, 2022

In practice, the merger between mainstream Keynesian economics and welfare-state policy was exactly what drove most of Europe into its current state of stagnation.

The Means to European Prosperity

Sven R. Larson April 19, 2022

You don’t make promises you can’t keep. Nor do you keep an economic structure that can’t promise growth and prosperity.

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