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...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
In this interview on Fox Business, I repeated my oft-stated concern that the Federal Reserve’s easy-money policy of artificially low interest rates (avidly supported by Trump) may have created the conditions for a boom-bust cycle. For today’s column, though, I want to...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
In order to protect against “Goldfish Government,” it’s very important to make sure that the powers of government are constrained by national borders. This is the reason why I’m a passionate defender of tax competition and fiscal sovereignty (even if it means being...
