by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Every American school kid presumably learns about the Boston Tea Party and other events that culminated with the United States gaining independence from from the rule of King George III. Think of it as America’s first tax revolt. But that’s not the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I celebrate when my friends on the left stumble into economic insights. For instance, many of them sound like Milton Friedman when they pontificate in favor of higher tobacco taxes because they want people to smoke fewer cigarettes. As a libertarian, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 16, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
At the risk of over-simplifying, there are three types of Republicans/conservatives today (at least from an economic perspective). Reaganites – principled supporters of smaller government and individual liberty.Trumpkins – populists or national conservatives...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I’ve repeatedly written that people should have the right to sell their organs, I obviously think they should be able to rent their organs as well. Which is my hopefully clever way of introducing this new John Stossel video....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
According to polling data, President Biden is not getting good grades for economic policy. Part of that is because of inflation, though I’ve repeatedly pointed out that the blame belongs with the Federal Reserve rather than Biden. And the big...
