by Dan Mitchell | Jan 6, 2023 | Blogs, Europe
If globalism means free trade and peaceful interaction among peoples, sign me up. I’m a big supporter. But if globalism means international bureaucracies working to increase the power of governments (i.e., dirigiste forms of global governance), then I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
Does the United States have a market-based health care system or a socialist health care system? That’s not an easy question to answer. Because of Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs, taxpayers directly finance about 50 percent of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
As part of my annual “Hopes and Fears” column, a rejuvenated interest in spending restraint was at the top of my list. This clip from a recent interview summarizes the economic issues. If you don’t want to watch the video, here are the three things to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2023 | Blogs, Education
There are two important things to understand about K-12 education. There is national evidence and international evidence that spending more money on government schools does not produce good results.There is national...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2023 | Blogs, Education
In Part I of this series, I shared a very amusing video from Bill Maher about how colleges and universities have become “luxury day-care centers.” I then added some of my analysis to show that government subsidies – such as student loans – were the underlying...
