by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
I periodically write about our leftist friends who display remarkable hypocrisy on issues such as taxation, education, Covid, and climate. Here are just a few examples. Joe BidenBarack Obama Elizabeth WarrenHillary...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
In my recent column listing the “Best and Worst News of 2021,” I included Joe Biden’s global tax cartel as one of the awful things that happened in the past 12 months. It’s bad news for workers, consumers, and shareholders that...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
It’s an annual tradition (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc) to list a handful of things that I hope might happen in the upcoming year, as well as the things I fear may happen. Sadly, since I understand the economics of “public choice” (something...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending, Taxation
Per tradition (2020, 2019, 2018, etc), we highlight the best and worst developments of the year on December 31. The choices are based on whether a particular policy increases or decreases individual liberty, either in a big way or a symbolic way....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
A new edition of the Human Freedom Index has been released. When you combine measures of personal freedom and economic freedom, the “sensible nation” of Switzerland is at the top of the rankings. I don’t know if this means we should view...
