Intervention usually helps government rather than people.
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.
The “Broken Window Fallacy” of Keynesian Economics
Looting doesn’t grow the economy.
Poor People and Minorities Are Victimized by “Predatory Cities”
They see people as ATMs.
Fiscal Fantasyland
A novelist tries his hand at a new form of fiction.
Absolute Economic Liberty, Relative Economic Liberty, and the Never-Answered Question
Economic liberty matters, regardless of whether we’re looking at absolute levels or relative levels.
The Unfortunate Decline of Federalism in the United States
Washington now accounts for a much bigger share of government.
Joe Biden: An Incrementalist Version of Bernie Sanders
A Biden presidency means bigger government and more statism.
Shut Down the International Monetary Fund
The IMF makes nations poorer.
Should Government Subsidize Unemployment?
Bribing people not to work?!
The Welfare State Penalizes the Poor with High Marginal Tax Rates
The poor get trapped in dependency.