by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
At the beginning of the Trump era, many of us (including me) warned that his statements on trade were nonsensical. And when Trump shifted from bad rhetoric to bad policy, Johan Norberg pointed out why trade wars are very misguided. As you might expect, Johan is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Trade
Yesterday’s column was my annual end-of-year round-up of the best and worst developments of the concluding year. Today I’ll be forward looking and give you my hopes and fears for the new year, which is a newer tradition that began in 2017 (and continued...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending, Trade
Time for my annual column highlighting the “Best” and “Worst” policy developments of the year, a tradition I sort of started in 2012 and definitely did in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. I’m trying to be a glass-half-full kind of guy, so we’ll start with the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 30, 2019 | Blogs, Crime, Society
When I wrote yesterday’s column, which augmented my collection of satire about gun control, I had no idea I would feel compelled 24 hours later to address the issue from a serious perspective. But two tragic events over the weekend underscore why the individual right...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I haven’t added to the collection of gun control humor since way back in August. So let’s rectify that oversight, starting with this sarcastic tweet about the logic of gun control. To stop drunk drivers from killing sober drivers, just prevent sober drivers from...
