Politicians all over the world are exacerbating bad fiscal and regulatory policy with bad monetary policy.
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.
Message for John Kasich and other Politicians: Growth and Opportunity Are Compassionate, not Welfare Dependency
Big-government conservatism undermines economic dynamism by acquiescing to the idea of an ever-growing state.
Bernie Sanders Is (Sort of) Right about Europe Being a Role Model for the United States
America can learn from Europe…such as what not to do.
Get Washington Out of the Business of Redistributing – and Wasting – Transportation Dollars
The beauty of federalism is that states are free to make their own decisions so long as they’re playing with their own money.
Ranking Nations for Overall Freedom, not Just Economic Liberty
A sad showing by the United States.
Corporate Inversions: Obama Fiddles While the Corporate Tax Burns U.S. Competitiveness
World’s worst U.S. business tax system drives American firms to seek jurisdictions with better tax law.
Beltway Bandits and the Shadow Bureaucracy
Taxpayers are victimized by consultants, contractors, and other beltway bandits.
Hillary’s Hard Left Turn on Social Security
First she wanted to do nothing, now she wants class-warfare tax hikes.
Pope Francis Needs a Better Role Model for Economic Policy
Pope Francis is infatuated with statism.
The (Attempted Tax) Seduction of Jeb!
The Washington establishment is unified in its support of higher taxes.