by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, States
For years, public finance experts have been warning about fiscally irresponsibility by state and local governments. Many of those governments have been spending too much money and making overly expensive promises to interest groups such as government...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
For those still fixated on last week’s election, my analysis can be found here, here, here, here, and here. I’m now returning to my normal pattern of pontificating on public policy. Today we’re going to look at which nations that make it more lucrative to be a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Even though my 2020 prediction for the presidential race was much more accurate than my 2016 prediction, I’m definitely a policy wonk rather than a political pundit. That being said, I’m very interested in elections because voting patterns eventually can translate...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Joe Biden has a very misguided economic agenda. I’m especially disturbed by his class-warfare tax agenda, which will be bad news for American workers and American competitiveness. The good news, as I wrote earlier this year, is that he probably isn’t serious about...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 6, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
The day after the election, I wrote that “left-wing goals are now very unlikely” because Republicans almost certainly will retain control of the Senate. But perhaps I should have been ever bolder and argued that the election was a rejection of the left-wing agenda....
