The last thing the world needs is a repeat of the 1930s.
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.
Mocking Gun Control
So much new material.
New Jersey’s Fiscal Suicide
Taxpayers better escape before the die.
Honesty about Gun Confiscation
What would total gun confiscation require?
The Capital Gains Tax Should Not Be Imposed on Inflationary Gains
There is a chance we’ll see some progress on this issue.
A Primer on Debt, Deficits, and Public Finance
Feeling like Goldilocks on this issue.
Is Good Globalism Being Undermined by Bad Globalism?
What does globalism actually mean?
Seven Adverse Consequences of Big Government
This is “goldfish government”
The (Highly Implausible but Theoretically Attractive) Case for Import Taxes
The strongest case for trade taxes still comes up short.
New IMF Study Shows U.S. Would Benefit from Lower Tax Rates and Less Government Spending
This kind of research can be very helpful.