by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
Since it’s Christmas Eve, let’s use this opportunity for a holiday-themed economics lesson. I did a version of this back in 2012 by sharing a remake of Christmas songs. This year, we’re going to look at A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Senator Elizabeth Warren is a particularly noxious politician. It’s not just that she’s a doctrinaire leftist on a wide range of issues (class warfare, corporate governance, government spending, business taxation, cronyism, wealth...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2021 | Blogs
I’ve written before that Connecticut should change its motto from the Nutmeg State to the Taxnut State. And if you want an example, consider that Democrats in one town ran for reelection (successfully!) using the slogan “Lowest tax increase in 10...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Now that a socialist has been elected (with open support from the Communist Party), what comes next for Chile? Lots of bad policy, for sure, but Axel Kaiser warns that the left also wants to replace the country’s pro-liberty constitution. Axel, who is...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I warned a few days ago that Gabirel Boric would be bad news if he won Chile’s presidential election. Well, he won, and now we’re going to find out whether he will repeal the policies that made the country successful. He definitely seems to be...
