by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
In the libertarian fantasy world, we would have competing private currencies. In the real world, we have a government central bank. And central banks have a track record of bad monetary policy, so here’s my two cents on how people can try to protect their...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 25, 2022 | Blogs, Education
When contemplating the issue of school choice, it’s most important to focus on how we can improve educational outcomes, particularly for children from low-income communities. But, as a fiscal economist, I can’t help thinking about how school choice is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 24, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
One of the (many) unfortunate tendencies of politicians is that they focus on the short run (i.e., their upcoming reelection battles). Why is this unfortunate? Because there are some policy changes that may be costly in the short run, but they are...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2022 | Blogs, Society
When I wrote about race and gun control two years ago, I included five short videos to help show the value of the 2nd Amendment for minorities. For today’s column on the same topic, we’ll start with this full-length video. If you don’t have time to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2022 | Blogs, Education
I’ve only addressed academic bias one time and that was back in 2018. So let’s thoroughly examine that topic today, starting with this video from Prager University. Let’s now augment the video with some additional data. First, let’s confirm that academics lean far to...
