by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2023 | Blogs, Education, States
It this the year of school choice or the decade of school choice? The answer is yes to both. Look at the statewide school choice plans that have been recently enacted. West Virginia in 2021Arizona in 2022Iowa in 2023Utah in 2023Arkansas in...
by Dan Mitchell | May 4, 2023 | Blogs
It’s baffling and discouraging that some American politicians are pushing for industrial policy when it has a track record of failure. Because of real-world political considerations, such policies inevitably get captured by...
by Dan Mitchell | May 3, 2023 | Blogs, Taxation
In past columns on the topic of basic income, most of my attention has focused on how universal handouts would undermine the work ethic. To be succinct, I fear that a non-trivial share of the population would exit the labor force if they...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2023 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The economic policy lessons from Latin America are very clear. There’s one unambiguous success story (at least until the past couple of years), one semi-decent success story, and then a bunch of utter failures. What’s interesting (and tragic) is...
by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society
It’s hard to pick the worst government policy since there are so many options. Death tax – The IRS penalizing saving and investment by grabbing money just because someone dies.Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac – Government entities that helped give us the 2008...
