by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I have a series of columns analyzing “Great Moments in Foreign Government” to show that other countries have politicians and bureaucrats who are just as foolish as their American counterparts. I guess this is the policy version of “misery loves company.” And it’s also...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
I sometimes disagree with the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget because they mistakenly focus on reducing deficits and debt, which makes them very vulnerable to supporting counterproductive tax increases (such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2023 | Blogs, Education
For 2023, we have the IMF and CNN in a contest for the year’s most economically illiterate tweet and we have a strange entry for the year’s most half-right tweet. Today, let’s enjoy what will probably be the year’s most heartwarming...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Calvin Coolidge probably deserves a prize for the best July 4th speech. But another president also deserves some Independence Day recognition. I’ve previously written about Grover Cleveland’s sound thinking about fiscal issues. Remarkably, his...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
The economic analysis of taxation has plenty of jargon, statistical analysis, and complicated graphs, which can make it seem very mysterious to ordinary people. But the core principles are actually very easy to understand. Simply stated,...
