Pouring cold water on the hysteria.
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.
Biden’s Tax Hike: The Political Calculus and Economic Cost
Why pro-tax politicians are misguided.
What Can We Learn by Comparing Taiwan and Cuba?
Taiwan has enjoyed spectacular growth while Cuba has suffered decades of stagnation.
Curtailing Destructive Subsidies for Flood Insurance
Even Bernie Sanders is semi-sensible on this issue.
The Failure of Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society
Massive failure may be an understatement.
Defend Vaping, Save Lives
Politicians and bureaucrats myopically fixate on potential costs at the expense of benefits.
Biden’s Budget: Affordable Isn’t Sensible
Biden wants to make the United States more like Europe.
Biden’s Economic Alchemy: $3.5 Trillion = Zero
Extraordinary claims from the White House.
Swiss Voters Reject Bidenomics
Voters rejected a plan to impose higher tax rates on capital.
The Big Takeaway from a Look at Comparative Living Standards
People in the United States enjoy levels of consumption 50 percent above the average for developed nations.