Being a cultural conservative doesn’t mean supporting economic liberty.

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.
Trump Copies Biden’s Leftist Demagoguery
Trump is playing Biden’s greatest hits.
The Best and Worst American Presidents
A full ranking.
The Value-Added Tax: A Recipe for More Spending…and More Debt: Part II
The United States should not make this same mistake.
G20 Report on Inequality Urges More Statism, More Poverty
This is no recipe for prosperity.
Will Milei’s Success Trigger a Global Renewal of Economic Liberty?
Milei-ism is attracting more and more attention.
Can Milei-ism Save the United Kingdom, Part II?
The bi-partisan approach of bigger government is not working.
Learning the Wrong Lessons from Europe
European governments have given us very powerful evidence that tax increases are simply a recipe for more spending and more debt.
Personal Retirement Accounts Are (Still) Superior to Social Security
The system should have been reformed long ago.
STCI 2026: Winners and Losers in State Tax Policy
No big surprise among the best and worst states.










