by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It is clear that Donald Trump’s worst policy is protectionism, but his silliest policy is more difficult to identify. Today, let’s consider two possible choices: Have the federal government borrow more money to create a “sovereign wealth fund.” Have the federal...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
I’ve written multi-column series on weighty issues such as capitalism, price controls, socialism, entitlement reform, class warfare, and the war on cash. Those are all important topics, but nothing captures the essence of government...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
When I write about Social Security, my main goal is to point out how Americans would be much richer if the United States had personal retirement accounts based on real savings (like workers in Australia, Chile, Switzerland, Hong...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Folks on the left claim high tax burdens won’t hurt growth. Some even assert higher taxes are good for growth. Today, we’re going to give them a history lesson, starting with this video. There are two lessons from the Tax Foundation’s video about what...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Building on Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series, here’s a video debunking some online socialists who are inexplicably popular. As you can see, the video cites real socialists – i.e., people who defend policies such as government ownership of the means of...
