by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When Economic Freedom of the World is released every September, it’s like an early Christmas present. This comprehensive yearly publication is a great summary of whether nations have policies that allow people economic liberty. I eagerly peruse this annual survey...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
When Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton agree on things, it’s always bad news for taxpayers. They both want to boost the capital gains tax rate on private equity investment. They both want to let the entitlement problem fester and worsen. They both want more federally...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Why did a for-profit college pay former President Bill Clinton the staggering sum of $16.5 million to serve as an “honorary chancellor for Laureate International Universities”? Was it because he had some special insight or expertise on how to improve education? Why...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2016 | Blogs, Financial Privacy, Monetary Policy
The War against Cash continues. In Part I, we looked at the argument that cash should be banned or restricted so governments could more easily collect additional tax revenue. In Part II, we reviewed the argument that cash should be curtailed so that governments could...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 12, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
As a public finance economist, I normally focus on big-picture issues such as the economically debilitating effect of excessive government spending and punitive taxation. But as a human being, what irks me most about big government is the way that insiders use the...
