by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, States
When I write about regulation, it’s usually to highlight how red tape is causing bad outcomes in specific sectors (banking, child care, dentistry, credit cards, the Internet, etc). But I’m a big fan of jurisdictional...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 8, 2024 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Writing about Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan in 2012, I opined that, “…it probably means nothing. I don’t think there’s been an election in my lifetime that was impacted by the second person on a presidential ticket.” I feel the same way about Tim Walz, who is...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
As I wrote in both 2020 and earlier this year, Kamala Harris is worse than Joe Biden on economic issues. Heck, based on an analysis of spending proposals in the 2020 race, she’s even worse than Bernie Sanders. What worries me most is that...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
During his time in the White House, Donald Trump pursued very good tax policy and very bad spending policy. So if he wins a second term, one would hope he maintains his approach on taxes and changes his approach on spending. Unfortunately, he is doing...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The recipe for economic growth is not complicated. You can put it in very simple terms, as Adam Smith did a few hundred years ago. Or you can develop and utilize data-heavy indexes like the ones published by the Fraser...
