by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market, Health Care
Which nation has the best health system? Is it a country with overtly government-run health care, like the United Kingdom? Is it Singapore, with its one-of-a-kind system of mandatory private savings? Is it the United States, notwithstanding being...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Let’s take another look at America’s extravagant welfare system. In Part I of this series, I shared a map showing which states provided the biggest TANF handouts (just one of many welfare programs). In Part II of this series, I shared a comparison of total...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
Based on economic trends, I don’t want the United States to copy Canada. But there is one big exception. As explained by John Stossel, we should copy our northern neighbors and privatize air traffic control. I harbor a special distaste for government...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
New York City seems to be a contradiction, a place with terrible governance yet also a city of immense riches. How can this be the case? The short answer is that NYC became rich because, for much of its history, capitalism flourished and government was...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2025 | Blogs, Education
Arizona has been a national leader in school choice, ranking at or near the top according to both the Education Freedom Report Card and the Index of State Education Freedom. Here’s a video showing how choice is giving parents better...
