Krugman once recognized that excessive unemployment benefits made more joblessness.
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.
Prosperity and Taxation: What Can We Learn from the 1930s
What will happen if Biden succeeds in raising taxes on the rich.
Save Lives and Save Money by Letting People Sell Organs
This would be good for both patients and taxpayers.
A Practical Reason to Oppose Wealth Taxation
Complicated, yearly tax fights could be in our future.
Lessons about Trump and Trade
Protectionism didn’t work.
When “Catching Up” Means Lower Income
There’s nothing good about Biden wanting to copy Europe.
Arthur Okun, Class Warfare, Redistribution, and Income Growth
Growth is the best way to benefit the poor.
Biden’s Infrastructure Boondoggle Will Undermine Growth
Little reason to believe Biden’s plan will generate good results.
Sloppy or Dishonest Fiscal Analysis from the Washington Post
This paper has a pattern of lazy and dishonest reporting,
Big Government vs. “Trickle-Down Economics”
Biden is not an honest redistributionist.