by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
The central message of “Mitchell’s law” is certainly not something I concocted. Economists and other policy experts have known for a couple of hundred years that politicians have a tendency to makes mistakes and then use the resulting damage as a justification...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Even though they ostensibly exist to promote economic growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have an unfortunate track record of promoting higher taxes and bigger government. Not that we...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m a policy wonk rather than a political pundit. But since part of my job is educating politicians, I can’t simply rely on arguments about what’s best for the country. I also have to convince them that they can enact good policy while also...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Whenever I discuss the varying types of double taxation on saving and investment (capital gains tax, dividend tax, corporate income tax, death tax, wealth tax, etc), I always emphasize that such levies discourage capital...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Supporting free enterprise does not mean supporting big companies. Why? Because as John Stossel and Tim Carney discuss, big businesses are more than willing to get into bed with big government and oppose capitalism. The goal should be genuine consumer-driven,...
