by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Europe, Trade
Recent years have been very depressing for supporters of free trade. Trump pushed protectionist policies. Now Biden is pushing protectionist policies. And the European Union is pushing protectionist policies using global warming as an excuse. More...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2023 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
Appearing on Vance Ginn’s Let People Prosper, I discussed spending caps, entitlement reform, past fiscal victories, and potential future defeats. For today, I want to highlight what I said about monetary policy. The above segment is less...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2023 | Blogs
CF&P has a video on spending caps that focuses on international evidence, such as Switzerland’s debt brake. Here’s a video from the American Legislative Exchange Council that that looks at a successful domestic spending cap – Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2023 | Blogs
In the past, I’ve referred to Switzerland as the world’s most sensible nation. Does that make it also the world’s best nation? I actually won’t try to answer that question, but we can say that Switzerland is the world’s most libertarian...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 23, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
Perverse housing subsidies from two corrupt government-created entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, played a huge role in causing the 2008 financial meltdown. Yes, bad monetary policy from the Federal Reserve provided the fuel, but...
