by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by the Washington Times on March 7, 2023. The rapid march of technology has paved the way for a slew of privacy challenges that lawmakers have struggled to address. Consequently, data privacy is a growing concern for Americans finding it difficult...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
Want to know who to blame for the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the general turmoil in the banking sector? Poor management is part of the answer, of course, but the Federal Reserve also should be castigated because of bad monetary...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The world’s freest economy is Singapore, followed closely by Switzerland. That’s according to the 2023 edition of the Heritage Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom. The bad news is that there are only four nation that enjoy “free” economies....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2023 | Argentina, Chile, Latin American Liberty Project, Venezuela
Durante los últimos doce años, he compartido en repetidas ocasiones un gráfico que compara el crecimiento económico de Chile, Argentina y Venezuela entre 1980 y 2008. Mi objetivo era simplemente mostrar que los países orientados al mercado disfrutan de un crecimiento...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
Back in 2011, I shared a chart comparing economic growth in Chile, Argentina, and Venezuela between 1980 and 2008. My simple goal was to show that market-oriented nations enjoy very fast growth compared to nations with “mixed economies or socialist...