by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Bad policies (industrial policy, protectionism, rent control, minimum wage laws, etc) have a common feature, which is that politicians are trying to replace the “spontaneous order” of markets with intervention and planning. In this new video, John...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I have repeatedly explained that spending restraint is good fiscal policy. And I have specifically explained that you achieve this goal by limiting spending so that it grows slower than the productive sector of the economy. A fringe...
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...
