Be warned: it’s depressing.

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.
Great Moments in Foreign Government
A close race in the international battle of government stupidity.
Postal Service: Return to Sender
New evidence for why we should replace the costly and inefficient government monopoly.
Switzerland’s Self-Destructive Wealth Tax Should Be Abolished
Switzerland does a lot of things right. This isn’t one of them.
The Entitlement Disaster that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Are Ignoring
The U.S. faces major fiscal challenges.
Clinton-Style Corruption Is the Inevitable Result When You Mix Big Government and Sleazy People
Washington is filled with people like Hillary.
Sex, Government, and the Laffer Curve
Politicians again disappointed when projections don’t match reality.
Italy’s Fiscal and Demographic Death Spiral
They’ve discovered the secret to permanent stagnation.
Happy Dependence Day for my Leftist Friends and Happy Independence Day for Normal People
A Declaration of Dependence comes true.
Untrammeled Majoritarianism and the Venezuelan Disaster
Important lessons from the Venezuelan catastrophe.








