Like Sisyphus pushing the rock up a hill, I keep trying to convince my leftist friends that growth is the best way to help the poor.

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.
Does Donald Trump Think Washington Politicians Should Have More of Our Money to Help America Become Greece?
It’s unclear whether Trump actually wants the federal government to have more money.
Antitrust Laws and the Incredible Bread Machine
1970s satire is eerily similar to today’s antitrust reality.
Great Moments in Socialism
Socialism fails because it attempts to replace market-determined prices with central planning.
Measuring the Frugality (or lack thereof) of the GOP Governors Running for the White House
Which of the 8 former governor’s running for the Republican nomination has the best record on spending?
Free-Market Reforms Are Needed to Boost Chinese Prosperity and Stabilize the Economy
China’s politicians are undermining prosperity with a system based on cronyism rather than capitalism.
In One Image, Everything You Need to Know about America’s Demographic Challenge
There soon won’t be enough workers to finance the modern welfare state.
A Very Simple Plan to Balance the Budget by 2021
All it takes is a modest amount of future spending restraint.
Economic Freedom in America Is Declining Mostly Because of Creeping Protectionism and the Loss of Rule of Law and Property Rights
America’s free-fall on the list of freest economies.
Scamming Taxpayers at the Patent and Trademark Office
Not doing work must be part of the federal bureaucracy culture.




