by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
There’s a problem in California. No, I’m not referring to the punitive tax laws. Nor am I talking about the massive unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pension. Those are big problems, to be sure, but today’s topic is the state’s government-created housing crisis. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
By starting a trade war, President Trump is playing with matches in a gunpowder factory. Other nations are retaliating, creating the risk of escalating tit-for-tat protectionism. But is that really what’s happening? Is it possible that the President instead is playing...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
In the past few years, I’ve bolstered the case for lower tax rates by citing country-specific research from Italy, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Israel, Portugal, South Africa, the United States, Denmark, Russia, France, and the United Kingdom. Now let’s look to the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Earlier this month, I talked about the economy’s positive job numbers. I said the data is unambiguously good, but warned that protectionism and wasteful spendingwill offset some of the good news from last year’s tax reform. This is what’s frustrating about the Trump...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 29, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Move over, Crazy Bernie, you’re no longer the left’s heartthrob. You’ve been replaced by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an out-of-the-closet socialist from New York City who will enter Congress next January after beating a member of the Democratic leadership. Referring to...
