Mocking the spectacular screw-ups and bizarre blunders that are a feature of all governments.
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.
Fake Poverty Data from the European Commission and New York Times
Absurd arguments about poverty.
The Economic Cost of Protectionism
Trump seems inspired by Herbert Hoover.
The Second Social Security Crisis
Social Security does a crummy job of giving workers a decent amount of retirement income.
Protecting Taxpayers with Supermajority Requirements
The key to protecting taxpayers
Is Norway a Role Model for “Democratic Socialism”?
Is this the most inaccurate claim ever?
Trade, Farm Subsidies, and Mitchell’s Law
Bad policy begets bad policy.
A Primer on Marginal Tax Rates
This is a very important principle of taxation.
The Miracle of Compounding Growth
Why every pro-growth reform is worth the effort.
Payback’s a B*tch: Americans Suffer Blowback from Trump’s Protectionism
Retaliation by our trading partners already is causing problems.