by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2018 | Blogs, Education
I’ve written several times about how dumping more money into government schools is not a recipe for improved education. Indeed, I would argue that this chart is the most powerful image I’ve ever seen. More and more money gets plowed into the system (even after...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
I gave Trump 50-day grades and 100-day grades, but those were largely speculative assessments. Now we have a full year of data and that real-world evidence can be used to grade Trump’s first year in office. But before I get into the details, allow me to start with a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 19, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
When I shared some anti-communism humor on January 14, I figured that it would be quite some time before I had another opportunity to mock that evil ideology. But that column triggered a bunch of messages, with friends and acquaintances sending me new material. I...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Here are three things I’ve written about tax policy. See if you can detect a pattern: I’ve written that I don’t want a value-added tax because the money would be used to finance bigger government. I’ve also explained I don’t want a carbon tax because the revenue from...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, here’s the opening of the big-business version of Sonnet 43. How do I hate thee, capitalism? Let me count the ways. I hate thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, for I am big and competition is a...
