Under Trump, Republicans are endorsing a spiraling
deficit, along with state planning and crony capitalism.
Finland Is a Capitalist Paradise
Two cheers for capitalism, now and forever.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/05/opinion/socialism-capitalism.html
Taxation - Debate
The Secret to America’s Low, Low Taxes: Privatize health care and run a big deficit and your country, too, can have low taxes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-06/the-u-s-isn-t-the-world-s-most-taxed-country-not-even-close
The trade-off between efficiency and equity
https://voxeu.org/article/trade-between-efficiency-and-equity
What Americans Don’t Get About Nordic Countries
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/bernie-sanders-nordic-countries/473385/
“But this vision of homogenous, altruistic Nordic lands is mostly a fantasy. The choices Nordic countries have made have little to do with altruism or kinship. Rather, Nordic people have made their decisions out of self-interest. Nordic nations offer their citizens—all of their citizens, but especially the middle class—high-quality services that save people a lot of money, time, and trouble. This is what Americans fail to understand: My taxes in Finland were used to pay for top-notch services for me.”
Taxation - Debate
The Secret to America’s Low, Low Taxes: Privatize health care and run a big deficit and your country, too, can have low taxes.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-12-06/the-u-s-isn-t-the-world-s-most-taxed-country-not-even-close
The trade-off between efficiency and equity
https://voxeu.org/article/trade-between-efficiency-and-equity
What Americans Don’t Get About Nordic Countries
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/bernie-sanders-nordic-countries/473385/
“But this vision of homogenous, altruistic Nordic lands is mostly a fantasy. The choices Nordic countries have made have little to do with altruism or kinship. Rather, Nordic people have made their decisions out of self-interest. Nordic nations offer their citizens—all of their citizens, but especially the middle class—high-quality services that save people a lot of money, time, and trouble. This is what Americans fail to understand: My taxes in Finland were used to pay for top-notch services for me.”