by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Identifying the worst government policy would be a challenge. Would it be minimum wage laws, which deprive low-skilled workers of a chance for employment and upward mobility? Would it be class-warfare tax rates that generate large amounts of economic damage compared...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I first opined about Pope Francis in 2013, when I told a BBC audience why the Pope was wrong on economic policy. The following year, I expanded on that point, explaining that statist policies are bad for the poor. And I revisited the issue again last year. I’m not the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
A few years ago, I put together a basic primer on corporate taxation. Everything I wrote is still relevant, but I didn’t include much discussion about international topics. In part, that’s because those issues are even more wonky and more boring than domestic issues...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
Something really strange is happening. Yesterday, I wrote about how I agreed with Trump on a trade issue. Today, I’m going to agree with Crazy Bernie about a moral hazard issue. Shocking, but true. The Vermont socialist actually understands that it makes no sense to...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 8, 2019 | Blogs, Trade
At the risk of understatement, I’ve been rather critical of Trump’s protectionism. But not always. Last year, I praised him for floating the idea of zero taxes on trade between nations (even if I didn’t think he was serious). And I point out in this interview that he...
