by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Regulations
All things considered, I like small businesses more than big businesses. Not because I’m against large companies, per se, but rather because big businesses often use their political influence to seek unearned and undeserved wealth. If you don’t believe me, just look...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
More than two years ago, I shared a couple of humorous images showing the languorous lifestyle of lazy bureaucrats. While those images were amusing, they didn’t really capture the true nature of bureaucracy. For a more accurate look at life inside Leviathan, here’s a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
Whenever mass shootings occur, some people quickly jump to conclusions before there’s any evidence. Folks on the right are occasionally guilty of immediately assuming Islamic terrorism, which is somewhat understandable. Folks on the left, meanwhile, are sometimes...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 7, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
For the next four years, I suspect I’m going to suffer a lot of whiplash as I yank myself back and forth, acting as both a critic and supporter of Donald Trump’s policy. This happened a lot during the campaign, as Trump would say very good things one day and then say...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 6, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics, Government Spending
Last year, I shared some remarkable research from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development about the negative relationship between government spending and economic performance. The economists at the Paris-based bureaucracy looked at data from its...
