by Dan Mitchell | Jun 9, 2019 | Blogs
Having been exposed to scholars from the Austrian school as a graduate student, I have a knee-jerk suspicion that it’s not a good idea to rely on the Federal Reserve for macroeconomic tinkering. In this interview from yesterday, I specifically warn that easy money can...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
In addition to speaking on tax competition at the European Resource Bank in Moldova, I also appeared on a panel about healthcare. I used the opportunity to explain how government-created “third-party payer” has crippled market forces in the United States and produced...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
The folks at USA Today invited me to opine on fiscal policy, specifically whether the 2017 tax cut was a mistake because of rising levels of red ink. Here’s some of what I wrote on the topic, including the all-important point that deficits and debt are best understood...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2019 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by USA Today on June 5, 2019. When President George W. Bush used the national credit card for the Troubled Asset Relief Program bailout, the establishment applauded. When President Barack Obama doubled the national debt for his failed stimulus,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2019 | Blogs
I had a chance to write about several interesting topics (Australian politics and policy, the economics of government spending, the structure of taxation) on my recent trip Down Under. I also appeared on The Outsiders, one of Australia’s most popular political...
