by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
As explained in my four-part series (here, here, here, and here) and in this clip from a recent interview, Javier Milei’s first two years have been amazingly successful. There are two points in the interview that deserve emphasis. First, Javier Milei’s libertarian...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
For folks who aren’t busy with last-minute Christmas shopping (this book is a great gift), here’s a video looking at economic myths. The video begins with Professor Ben Powell debunking five myths about socialism. And it ends with me debunking seven myths about...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
During the Biden years, I cited various data sources to show that his statist policies were hurting ordinary people. Employment-Cost Index Median Household Income Real Earnings But my criticisms were not based on partisanship. I praise both Republicans and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Let’s start today’s column with a refresher look at my video on the Rahn Curve. Though maybe it should be called the Armey Curve. Or even the Barro Curve since Professor Robert Robert Barro from Harvard graphed the relationship between government...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2025 | Blogs, Education, States
Back in January, I shared a “Feel-Good” map from the American Legislative Exchange Council showing how school choice was spreading around the country. Today, let’s review another feel-good map, in this case from EdChoice’s newest...
