by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Regulations
Earlier this month, I shared some research about the economic cost of ambiguous laws, which I called clutter. Today’s column will do something similar, except the term used will be “anti-competitive market distortions.” Here’s a visual from a new...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2025 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
My views on immigration are a bit unconventional. I very much believe people should have a right to leave countries (because of political oppression, high taxes, etc), but I don’t think that means other nations are obliged to welcome...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Back in 2011, I speculated about which nation would be the next debt domino. I even wondered if it might be the United States. Now I look at the chart I shared and think those were “the good ol’ days.” Why? Because all of those nations today (other than Ireland)...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
More than 15 years ago, I shared a 2007 video about the corporate income tax. One of my first points in that nine-minute video was that businesses pay the tax, but people bear the burden. I elaborate in this much-shorter clip from a recent...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When contemplating which nation will be the next to suffer a fiscal crisis, Italy has traditionally been on everyone’s watch list. Including mine. But now there’s a lot of attention on France, and with good reason. And I think many people...
