Economics as a discipline is almost entirely dominated by
US-based universities (nearly all the top journals are based at leading American economics departments and most of the top international economists obtained their graduate education in the US). This creates a strange worldview – major policy debates
are often entirely US-centric and ignore the fact that the rest of the world differs
in significant ways from America and may in fact offer some useful lessons.
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Imagine if the debate regarding taxes and the size of the
government was approached from an international perspective. Can we actually
learn something from looking at the experiences of the 96% of the world’s
population that does not live in the United States?
Here are a few pieces that provide an international
perspective on key issues:
Taxes Are Low in the U.S., But Other Stuff
Is Expensive
Why Canada Is Able to Do Things Better
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/07/canada-america-taxes/533847/
Canada’s Health Care: A Model for the United
States?
http://www.milkenreview.org/articles/canadas-health-care
5 Reasons Germany Isn't Suffering in the
21st Century
America in the early part of 21st century