by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Every president this century – Biden, Trump, Obama, and Bush – has been a big spender. But I told an audience at the Acton Institute that there are still reasons for optimism. All that is necessary is a modest amount of spending restraint. More specifically, we can...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
At the risk of oversimplifying, here’s the three-sentence trajectory of Chinese economic policy. Crippling communist failure and suffering under Mao.Partial reform during the “Washington Consensus” era.Backsliding to more...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The 2023 Social Security Trustees Report was released yesterday, and just like I did last year (and the year before, and the year before that, etc), let’s look at the fiscal status of the retirement program. There is a lot of data in...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, States
In Part I or our series comparing red states and blue states, we found that the former enjoyed better overall economic performance. In Part II, we discovered that red states did much better with regards to unemployment. But the unemployment rate does...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 29, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Townhall on March 27, 2023. It’s no secret that the airline industry is not especially popular these days. High costs, hidden fees, and canceled flights are frequent sources of customer dissatisfaction. Travelers need a win, which makes it...
