They benefited from cronyism.
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.
Tax Policy, Tax Reform, and State Competitiveness
This state should see a huge improvement.
Spending Caps and Speed Limits
Why spending caps are like speed limits.
Big Government and Big Corruption
None of this is a surprise to libertarian-oriented people.
Lessons from the Failure of Europe’s Maastricht Criteria
Why did anti-red ink rules produce more red ink?
The Economics of War, Part II: Trade Restrictions Make a Nation Weaker
How war can teach us economic lessons.
The Libertarian Paradise of…South Africa?
People are opting for private alternatives to government.
The Failure of Bidenomics, Part VI
Reviewing the president’s record on regulatory issues.
The Failure of Bidenomics, Part V
The President’s misguided fiscal policy.
The Failure of Bidenomics, Part IV
Are government policies making life better or producing stagnation?