What’s missing from the discussion in Washington.
Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Trade, Jobs, and Wages
One unexpected finding.
Least Surprising Headline of All Time
Rip-off artists rejoiced.
In Defense of Bill Clinton
Why did we get good results in the 90s?
Bigger Government Means Less Prosperity
Why it’s not a good idea to copy nations such as France, Italy, and Greece.
Baby Formula and Big Government
Bad government policy played a big role.
Plastic Surgery and Third-Party Payer
People have very little reason to care about the cost of care
Despicable Marx and Disgusting Marxism
Marxists ignore 100 years of evidence that communism is a failure of practice.
Don’t Sweat the Trade Deficit
Here’s the main thing to understand.
The Value-Added Tax Leads to Higher Income Tax Burdens
Watch out when politicians get a new source of revenue.