by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Monetary Policy
The coronavirus is a genuine threat to prosperity, at least in the short run, in large part because it is causing a contraction in global trade. The silver lining to that dark cloud is that President Trump may learn that trade is actually good rather than bad. But...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2020 | Blogs, Trade
Notwithstanding dalliances in other fields, I’m a policy wonk. But I will pontificate (often incorrectly) on politics when asked, which is what happened in this interview about the electoral impact of the coronavirus. My basic point is that Trump is much better than...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
I’m not a big fan of bureaucracy, mostly because government employees are overpaid and they often work for departments and agencies that shouldn’t exist. Today, motivated by “public choice” insights about self-interested behavior, I want to make an important point...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 29, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
The race for the Democratic nomination is very depressing. All the candidates – even supposed moderates such as Biden and Buttigieg – are openly advocating a much bigger burden of government. I’m hoping some of their proposals are simply election-year pandering, that...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
This CF&P video is nearly 10 years old, so some of the numbers are outdated, but the seven reasons to reject tax increases are still very relevant. I’m recycling the video because the battle over tax increases is becoming more heated. Indeed, depending on what...
