by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
A couple of days ago, I had an email exchange with some Trumpie friends who asserted that the recent GDP report (3 percent inflation-adjusted growth) was proof that Trump’s protectionist trade policy has been successful. Given the underlying details...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2025 | Blogs, Capital Gains, Taxation
The Laffer Curve provides incredibly important insights about tax policy. Most important, it informs us that you don’t measure the revenue impact of tax policy changes merely by looking at what is happening to tax rates. You also have to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, Trade
From an economic perspective, Trump’s protectionist policies will make the American economy less efficient and lower living standards for American households. If you want to know the macro damage, here are the latest estimates from the Tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market
Javier Milei’s economic agenda has been amazingly successful, which is hardly a surprise to people like me. But is his libertarian agenda politically successful? Was his 2023 election a quirk, driven by the total failure of Peronism? Or...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in 2020, I created a simple visual to explain potential options for Social Security. My goal was to help readers understand that politicians have the ability to make the current system better, but they also could make it even worse. But I’m not...
