by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2023 | Blogs, Education
Over the past two years, most of the controversy over government-provided student loans has revolved around the moratorium on repayments (which started under Trump and has continued under Biden). That is an important issue, especially for those of us...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
In my recent interview with John Stossel, I explained that America’s entitlement programs are unsustainable because of demographic change. Our population pyramid is turning into a population cylinder, so there will not be enough...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, States
Give Minnesota politicians credit for consistency. Their policies have Minnesota ranked #39 in both Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 states. Those are ratings for overall economic freedom. When looking specifically at fiscal...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
I was sour about China’s economic prospects more than 10 years ago, and these remarks from earlier this year show that I still think China’s economy is being held back by too much government. The people who think of China was or is an economic superpower do not pay...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2023 | Blogs, Education
There are two astoundingly hypocritical groups in the United States. Leftist politicians who clamor for higher taxes while aggressively protecting their own money from wasteful government.Leftist politicians who fight against school choice for poor families...
