by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
While Poland in recent years has received some very positive attention for the way it is converging with richer countries, the same is not true for Hungary. Indeed, it recently got some negative publicity. According to data from the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Which leftists are worse, the ones who pontificate in favor of higher taxes but aggressively and hypocritically seek to protect their own money? Or the ones who genuinely worship government and sincerely believe that the government should...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Today, voters in New York City may elect a lunatic leftist as Mayor, following Chicago into the toilet of statism. Is that the most important election of 2025? Later this year, voters in Argentina will decide in mid-term elections whether...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
The core insight of the 16th Theorem of Government is that you don’t need perfect policy for economic growth. There will be some progress so long as private sector isn’t being completely smothered by bad policy. That being said, I’ve spent my entire...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Back in 2013, I debated Joe Biden’s top economist on the death tax. Everything I said then (and wrote four years before then) is still true today. In the interview, I mentioned nations that have abolished their death taxes, including Australia. I should...