Some good short-run numbers occurred despite Obama.
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.
New Jersey’s Continuing Fiscal Decays
Billions of dollars of wealth have already left New Jersey because of bad tax policy.
The IMF’s Creative New Rationale for Higher Tax Rates
Sadly, Margaret Thatcher wasn’t exaggerating about their radical intentions.
Is Australia Still the Best Country for American Refugees?
The trend isn’t favorable.
The Upside-Down Logic of Subsidized Birth Control
Ending subsidies is not a ban.
Is Trump Right about America Being the “Highest Taxed Nation”?
Taken in context, he has a point.
Higher Tax Rates = Fewer Superstar Innovators
High tax rates are a way of redistributing people.
Big Government: Puerto Rico’s Man-Made Disaster
Puerto Rico should become the Hong Kong of America.
Child Labor, Economic Development, and the Folly of Good Intentions
We shouldn’t put good intentions above real-world results.
Prostitution Is Sad and Tragic…but Should Be Legal
Some governments in the United States are looking to legalize sexual/monetary relations between consenting adults.