by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2018 | Blogs, Education
Canada is a surprisingly pro-market country, with relatively sensible policies involving spending restraint, welfare reform, corporate tax reform, bank bailouts, regulatory budgeting, the tax treatment of saving, and privatization of air traffic control. And we should...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
In 2016, I toured the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia, which memorializes the victims of communist butchery in that nation. Earlier today, I was lucky enough to get a tour through the House of Terror, a museum in Budapest that commemorates the horrors that...
by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
I received my Ph.D. from George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and I have very fond memories of that experience, including interactions with great economists such as James Buchanan and Walter Williams. But not everyone has favorable views of GMU’s market-friendly...
by Dan Mitchell | May 24, 2018 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by CNSNews.com on May 23, 2018. Conservative policymakers are all-too-familiar with the problems associated with government contractors ripping off taxpayers. Look no further than the $464 million Healthcare.gov website that became an $824 million...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’ve written over and over again that changing demographics are a very under-appreciated economic development. I’ve also written about why entrepreneurship is a critical determinant of growth. But I never thought of combining those topics. Fortunately, the folks at...
