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...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Other than just-for-the-fun-of-it election predictions, I generally stick to economic analysis rather than politics. But I acted as a pundit in this interview about Joe Biden’s waning popularity (in my defense, I also used the opportunity to slip is some...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Back in 2017, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this video to help explain why spending caps are the most sensible and sustainable fiscal rule. Switzerland actually has a spending cap in its constitution, and similar fiscal rules also exist...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I wrote last year about an encouraging trend of lower tax rates at the state level. As you can see from this map, one of the states moving in the right direction is Iowa. But Governor Kim Reynolds isn’t satisfied with just lowering tax rates, which is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
To explain why politicians should not interfere with prices, I’ve shared videos from Marginal Revolution, Don Boudreaux, Learn Liberty, and Russ Roberts. To add to that collection, here’s part of a lecture by Professor Antony Davies. The bottom...
