by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Earlier this year, I asked “Why are there so many bad and corrupt people in government?” and suggested two possible explanations. Shallow, insecure, and power-hungry people are drawn to politics because they want to control the lives of others. Good people run for...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
In my lifetime, perhaps the greatest moment for human liberty took place 31 years ago when the corrupt socialist dictatorship of East Germany lost the will and ability to maintain the Berlin Wall. Almost overnight, there was hope for the long-suffering people of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2020 | Blogs, Education
Writing about the failed government education monopoly back in 2013, I paraphrased Winston Churchill and observed that, “never has so much been spent so recklessly with such meager results.” This more-recent data from Mark Perry shows that inflation-adjusted spending...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Every so often, I’ll grouse about media sloppiness/media bias, most often from the Washington Post or New York Times, but also from other outlets (Reuters, Time, ABC, the Associated Press, etc). Let’s add to the collection today by perusing an interesting – but...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
According to the Fraser Institute’s calculations of overall economic freedom, Delaware apparently has the worst politicians and New Hampshire has the best ones. According to comprehensive estimates of economic liberty in Freedom in the 50 States, New York’s...
