by Dan Mitchell | Jul 18, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’ve written a few columns that explain tax principles, but this video from the Tax Foundation may be the best place to start if you have friends or colleagues who need to learn the basics. As part of the article that accompanies the video, the Tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 17, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
There are many reasons to have disdain for the Food and Drug Administration (pandemic failures, baby formula shortage, delayed drug approval, human cruelty, etc) and this video gives you another. If you don’t want have time to watch the video, all you really need to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
There has been plenty of bad economic news for Joe Biden, most notably rising levels of inflation. He also is being criticized for his tax-and-spend fiscal agenda. And mocked for his assertions about red ink. But I think his main problem is this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in May, I pointed out that it is absurd for Joe Biden to claim credit for lower deficits. This Reason video elaborates, noting that red ink is (temporarily) falling solely because the orgy of pandemic spending is ending. Serious budget people, regardless of their...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2022 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
Milton Friedman wisely observed that inflation is always the result of bad monetary policy by central banks. And I echoed that point last month in remarks to the European Resource Bank meeting in Stockholm. This topic deserves more attention, particularly given...