by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Back in February, I debunked a Washington Post story that tried to portray Biden’s economy as being successful merely because the U.S. was out-performing Europe. That’s true, but hardly a big achievement. More important, that type of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 21, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Earlier this week, the Congressional Budget Office issued a new 10-year fiscal forecast showing spending, revenues, and red ink between 2025 and 2034. As these examples show, almost all of the resulting headlines focused on deficits and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2024 | Blogs
I don’t like bad monetary policy by central bankers. I especially don’t like bad monetary policy when central bankers refuse to accept responsibility for their mistakes. I’ve already written about blame-shifting by the Bank of England. An even...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2024 | Blogs, Trade
Six years ago, I wrote a column explaining why America’s growth in the 1800s was not because of punitive trade taxes. Let’s look at that issue again, starting with this video from Johan Norberg. I’m motivated to revisit the topic because Trump recently...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 17, 2024 | Blogs, Education
What’s happened on school choice this decade is remarkable. There are now statewide plans all across the nation. West Virginia Arizona Iowa Utah Arkansas Florida Indiana Oklahoma North Carolina Alabama Why has there been a revolution for school choice? There...
