Washington politicians are poised to enact a giant expansion of the welfare state.
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 Misguided Keynesian “Stimulus”
The United States is becoming more like Europe in a bad way.
Comparing Prosperity: The United States vs. Europe
Revisiting the policies that are most likely to generate prosperity.
Four CBO Charts on America’s Fiscal Decline
The fiscal mess in Washington is not the result of inadequate tax revenue.
Boris Johnson’s Fiscal Policy: Politics over Prudence
Spending restraint evaporated once the pandemic began.
Five Notable Takeaways from the 2021 Index of Economic Freedom
Here’s what merits attention.
Everything You Need to Know about Teacher Unions
Educating your children is not their priority.
The Economics of Unholy Alliances: Bootleggers and Baptists
Consumers, of course, will lose.
The United Nations and Global Taxation
The UN targets tax competition.
Even the OECD Finds that Class-Warfare Taxes Lead to Lower Incomes
Not so shocking findings on lower tax rates.