by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2020 | Blogs
Earlier this month, Neil Ferguson was awarded membership in the Bureaucrat Hall of Fame after he and his mistress were caught violating lockdown rules that Ferguson – in his role as a supposed public health expert – demanded for the entire United Kingdom. This was a...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2020 | Blogs
I sometimes wonder why libertarians aren’t more persuasive given that there’s so much evidence for our economic and social views. The answer may have something to do with matters such as psychology. Let’s take a closer look at this issue, starting with a video from...
by Dan Mitchell | May 22, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
In the world of tax policy, big-picture issues such as tax reform can capture the public’s attention (should we junk the IRS, instance, and adopt a flat tax?). People also get very interested if politicians are threatening to grab more of their money. But many tax...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Welfare and Entitlements
Despite the fact that Social Security is an ever-increasing fiscal burden with a 75-year cash-flow deficit of nearly $45 trillion, many politicians in Washington have been trying to buy votes with proposals to expand the program (Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bernie...
by Dan Mitchell | May 20, 2020 | Bailouts, Blogs, Europe
I wrote earlier this month about coronavirus becoming an excuse for more bad public policy. American politicians certainly have been pushing all sorts of proposals for bigger government, showing that they have embraced the notion that you don’t want to let a “crisis...
