They need wealth to redistribute, but they make it harder to create.
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.
Pandemics, Civil Order, and Gun Control
These stories reinforce need for the 2nd Amendment.
A Primer on “Price Gouging”
A lesson to be learned.
Debating the Best Economic Policy Response to Coronavirus
And my biggest fear.
Coronavirus Lessons from Europe
It may be worse in nations where government has the most control over healthcare.
The Adverse Unintended Consequences of Paid Sick Leave
Employers don’t create jobs out of a sense of charity.
The TARP Bailout Was the Wrong Response to a Government-Caused Meltdown
It wasn’t a TARP-or-nothing choice.
Government, Coronavirus, and Libertarianism
There are bad takes and then there are bad takes.
Singapore Is a Role Model for Prosperity
How Singapore broke through the middle-income trap.
Paternalism in the European Union
Which nations have the most onerous rules governing private behavior?