by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
When I wrote the first edition of “Don’t Trust Economists” back in 2010, the column focused on a chart showing that economists failed to predict every major economic downturn for the previous two decades. Well, we now have some new data making the same...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2022 | Blogs
I just returned from a trip to Hawaii, where I gave a couple of speeches about the desirability of strict annual limits on the growth of government spending. But regular readers already have seen plenty of columns on the issue...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve written several times about federally subsidized flood insurance, mostly to complain that it is terrible policy. People are encouraged to build homes in low-lying areas, which then leads to needless destruction during floods. The monetary cost...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 20, 2022 | Blogs, Energy
I don’t like big-government Republicans in the United States, so it naturally follows that I don’t like big-government Tories in the United Kingdom. Indeed, I wrote just a few days ago about the new leadership race for the Conservative...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Back in 2014, I shared a meme with a motto that was perfect for Washington, DC. Today, let’s do something similar. But instead of a motto specifically for America’s unsavory capital, how about one sentence that summarizes the mentality of all...
