by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2019 | Blogs, States, Taxation
Time for another edition of our long-running battle between the Lone Star State and the Golden State. Except it’s not really a battle since one side seems determined to lose. For instance, Mark Perry of the American Enterprise Institute often uses extensive tables...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2019 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
What’s worse, a politician who knowingly supports bad policy or a politician who actually thinks that bad policy is good policy? I was very critical of the Bush Administration (I’m referring to George W. Bush, but the same analysis applies to George H.W. Bush) because...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Since I’m a policy economist, I rarely comment on political matters. But I am worried that the Democratic Party is veering too far to the left. Bernie Sanders, an out-of-the-closet socialist is leading the way, followed closely by other leading Democrats with...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2019 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I have a confession. I miss Obama. On the issue of guns, at least. He was so wrong, yet so ineffective, that it was almost funny. Heck, it was funny. Fortunately, he’s decided to make an encore performance. So there’s a new opportunity to puncture his pious...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
I periodically deal with people who generally sympathize with capitalism but nonetheless are supportive of protectionism. In part, they incorrectly think that a “trade deficit” is a problem that must be fixed. In other cases, they don’t understand the economic...
