by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Earlier this year, I criticized the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development for endorsing an orgy of Keynesian spending. Did my criticism have an effect? Well, the bureaucrats in Paris just issued a new report that bluntly suggests a reorientation of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Regulations
I routinely grouse about the heavy economic cost of red tape. I’ve also highlighted agencies (such as the EEOC) that seem especially prone to senseless regulations. And I’ve explained why private regulation actually is a very effective way of promoting health and...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 24, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
What’s the fundamental problem with redistributionist economic policy? As a libertarian, I would answer with a philosophical argument against coercion. I think it is immoral for vote-seeking politicians, using the threat of imprisonment, to rob Peter to subsidize...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 23, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m very happy that we don’t have a one-world government, but my views have nothing to do with conspiratorial fears involving blue helmets and black helicopters. Instead, I’m happy that there are lots of independent nations because that means lots of different...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 22, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
One of the many frustrations of working in Washington is that politicians, when dealing with a problem created by government intervention, routinely propose that the solution is to give even more power to government. And since they are either unwilling or unable to...
