by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
This 2019 video explains uses theory and evidence to argue in favor of free trade. Are my arguments still correct? Let’s update our analysis of trade by looking specifically at the impact of Trump’s second-term...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 12, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
At the end of last year, I celebrated two years of libertarian progress in Argentina. Now, thanks to strong results for President Milei’s libertarian party in the October mid-term elections, I’ll hopefully have a column at the end of this year to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2026 | Blogs, Government Spending
Starting in 2010, and then most recently in 2024, I have repeatedly demonstrated that it is very simple to balance the budget. All that is necessary is some reasonable spending restraint, sort of like what happened during the Tea Party era in the early part of last...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2026 | Blogs, Taxation
At the end of December, I wrote about the pro-spending lobbies pushing to put an insanely foolish retroactive wealth tax on the ballot later this year. I followed up last month with a column about rich people prudently escaping the state. Today,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Based on a CF&P video from back in 2010, as well a video from Johan Norberg I shared in 2016, there’s a lot to learn by looking at Swedish economic history. Here’s a more recent video that also looks at that nation’s economic track record. You’ll notice a similar...
