by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
When writing Friday’s column about Somalia, I noticed that I have not written about the Human Freedom Index (HFI) since 2016 and 2018. Let’s rectify that oversight by highlighting the results from the most-recent edition of that publication. But first, some...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I just got back from Medellin, Colombia, where I gave a presentation to the Liberty International World Conference. My topic was “The Fatal Mix of Demographic Change and the Welfare State” and I made my usual points about how poorly designed entitlement...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2021 | Blogs, Society
Oozing sarcasm, I’ve asked whether Germany, Nigeria, Mexico, and Argentina are libertarian paradises. But, according to this satirical video that I first shared ten years ago, there’s a real libertarian paradise in Somalia. I will admit this...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2021 | Blogs, Education
I don’t like Joe Biden being a lackey of the teacher unions, and I think the entire Department of Education should be eliminated. That being said, intervention from Washington is the not the main cause of America’s education problems. The real...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
When I share examples of socialism humor and communism humor, I sometimes wonder whether we should laugh about ideologies that have imposed so much death and misery on the world. For instance, I’ve shared some jokes about...
