by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy
Nearly 10 years ago, before he first got elected, I shared a cartoon that captured my concern about Trump being a big-government Republican. Sort of like Nixon. I was right to be concerned. Not only was he a big spender in his first term...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve written several columns (here, here, and here) criticizing industrial policy, which occurs when politicians provide special favors to specific firms or industries. And I’ve also written several columns (here, here, and here) warning that China...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
To follow up on Part I and Part II in this series, let’s start with this Stossel video featuring Professor Don Boudreaux of George Mason University. The message is simple and accurate. Starting nearly 100 years ago, we got terrible statist...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Regulations
What’s the best way to explain the burden of red tape? I’ve periodically share aggregate cost estimates of regulation. And I sometimes highlight how red tapes causes sectoral damage. I even came up with a new word for describing red tape. For some columns, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
Back in 2024, J.D. Vance picked a fight with Frederic Bastiat. He lost, unsurprisingly. What Vance did not understand (or pretended not to understand) is that government intervention has “unseen” effects that are almost always negative. Today, let’s...
