Property rights help us understand who has the right to ask for what.
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.
Great Moments in Foreign Government
Governments piss away money in very interesting and novel ways.
High Implicit Tax Rates Trap Poor People in the Quicksand of Government Dependency
Redistribution programs can result in very high implicit tax rates
Thomas Sowell, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the Limits of Regulation
The value of cost-benefit analysis.
Boris Johnson Is the U.K.’s “Tax Collector for the Welfare State”
The more government fails, the more money it apparently gets.
America’s Labor Laws Are (Relatively Speaking) Great for Workers
Reviewing some academic research on the issue of employment regulation.
Can the Irish (Once Again) Save Civilization?
Why Ireland should defends its fiscal sovereignty.
Should Advocates of Economic Liberty Prefer Hungary or Denmark?
The strange way that some Americans have decided to embrace two nations.
The Odious and Abusive Practice of Civil Asset Forfeiture
Two more odious examples of stealing by government.
The Real (and Growing) Problem with Social Security
With each passing year, the problem seems to worsen