by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I know pro-market people who plan on voting to re-elect Trump because they like his record on taxes or regulation. I also know pro-market people who plan on voting against Trump because they don’t like his record on spending or trade. I understand their motives. What...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 8, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
I periodically share tweets that have some sort of remarkable feature, either good or bad. Clever counter-tweets are especially appreciated. I even started giving recognition to the most brutally effective response each year. In 2019, the counter-tweet of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 7, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I certainly don’t intend to do this for everyone who has made it to the White House, but I have produced big-picture economic assessments of several presidents. Herbert Hoover Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Ronald Reagan George H.W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Having written more than 5000 columns over the past ten-plus years, I’ve learned that policy analysis doesn’t “go viral.” But I got a small taste of what that would be like when I shared an image in 2016 showing that the right kind of class warfare pits productive...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I don’t know whether I’ll live 3 more years or 30 more years. But I’m increasingly convinced that my “Never-Answered Question” will still be unanswered when I kick the bucket. One of the reasons for my confidence is that folks on the left have remarkably shoddy...