by Dan Mitchell | May 22, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
As far as I know, Matt Mitchell and I are not related, but we both have a low opinion of socialism. He covers a lot of ground (defining socialism, the role of prices, socialism’s death toll, and the myth of Nordic socialism) in this...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2017 | Blogs
It’s time to continue our series on the 100th anniversary of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution, which unleashed a century of brutal, deadly, and oppressive communism. But at least it’s a series that sort of has a happy ending. The Soviet Union collapsed and China is...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2016 | Blogs
Over the years, Barack Obama has made some statements that indicate a very statist worldview. In my video on class warfare, I noted that Obama said in 2008 that – for reasons of “fairness” – he wanted to raise the capital gains tax even if the government lost revenue....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
One of my goals is to convince people that even small differences in long-run growth can have a powerful impact on living standards and societal prosperity. In other words, the economy is not a fixed pie. The right policies, such as free markets and small government,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs
I spoke earlier today at the 2013 Liberty Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. But I don’t think anybody is going to remember my speech about the collapse of the welfare state, even though I presented lots of powerful data from the BIS, OECD, and IMF, and also shared...
