by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, Taxation
Americans can see how their states rank for overall economic liberty. Economic Freedom of North America.Freedom in the 50 States.Report on Economic Freedom. They can also see how states rank for fiscal policy. State Business Tax Climate Index.Fiscal Policy Report Card...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve complained about excessive bureaucracy at the Food and Drug Administration. And this is not just run-of-the-mill grousing about red tape. The FDA actually is responsible for needless deaths because of pandemic...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
The theory of “public choice” teaches us how politicians do dumb things because of perverse incentives. To illustrate, let’s look at something really dumb: sugar subsidies. I wrote about these inane subsidies back in 2018. In that column, I shared...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
Yesterday’s column pointed out why supporters of a global corporate tax cartel are misguided. Today, I’m going to admit that I made a mistake. Not yesterday, but two years earlier. Back in 2021, I put together a list of winners and losers from the proposed...
