by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
In hopes of convincing people to be libertarian, most of my columns are based on data. I’ve noticed, however, that evidence is only persuasive if readers trust that numbers are being presented honestly. This is a challenge because everyone seems to think that the...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
About three weeks ago, I suggested a new Theorem of Government to guide immigration policy. I was motivated by a combination of politics and economics, as summarized by these five points. The public does not like mass immigration. Mass immigration generates...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2025 | CF&P Foundation Prosperitas Studies, Publications
[PDF Version] How the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission Mangled De Minimis Analysis By Daniel J. Mitchell Executive Summary Government agencies and departments are required to send thousands of reports to Congress each year, many of which are a...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In 2016, I criticized the International Monetary Fund for that bureaucracy’s accurate but hypocritical attack on Trump’s protectionism. The IMF constantly endorses higher taxes on wages, saving, investment, and other forms of productive...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
At the start of the year, I pointed out how politicians used the pandemic as an excuse to increase the long-run trend line of government spending. Today, let’s look at how one component of the federal budget has contributed to America’s perilous fiscal...
