by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I was a big fan of (and occasional guest on) John Stossel’s TV show, and I’m now a big fan of his videos (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here). So it was an honor to appear in his latest video about...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Politicians and bureaucrats are (self-interested) conduits for taking money from one group of people and giving it to another group of people. Milton Friedman famously explained that this is why they largely don’t care about how much money is spent or how...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 14, 2021 | Blogs, States, Tax Competition, Taxation
The bad news is that federalism has declined in the United States as politicians in Washington have expanded the size and scope of the national government. The good news is that some federalism still exists and this means Americans have some...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Between March 2020 and January 2021, I authored a five-part series (see here, here, here, here, and here) on how big government hindered a quick and effective response to the coronavirus pandemic. In this discussion with Brad Polumbo, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 12, 2021 | Blogs, Education
Sometimes Bill Maher, the host of Real Time on HBO, says smart things and sometimes he says not-so-smart things. His recent monologue on the “college scam” was an example of the former. It’s almost as if he was channeling Professor Daniel...
