Is GDP a useful measure?
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.
Improving Bad Government: The Case of Chile and Milton Friedman
Urging bad governments to do the right thing should not be condemned.
The Weak Case for Government-Financed Research and Development
An argument based in large part on faith rather than evidence.
The Never-Ending Economic Tragedy of Argentina
How a rich nation can become a poor nation.
The Looming Crisis of Demographic Decline and Entitlement Expansion
There is a solution to both Europe’s and America’s woes.
George H.W. Bush’s Ill-Fated Luxury Tax
Some want to repeat this mistake.
The IMF’s Poisonous Fiscal Advice for China
Dumbfoundingly misguided.
Assessing Trump’s Record on Regulation
Was there a major paradigm shift?
Texas vs. California, Part VII
Even leftists are noticing California’s problems.
Government Schools: More Bureaucracy, Lower Performance, and Higher Costs
It’s clear we’re doing something wrong.