by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2016 | Blogs, Taxation
My favorite Margaret Thatcher moment might be when she pointed out there’s no such thing as public money, only taxpayer money. Or perhaps when she exposed leftists for being so fixated on class warfare that they would be willing to hurt the poor if they could hurt the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I have a collection of columns about “honest leftists” and they mostly fall into two categories. One group is comprised of people who are willing to admit that the statist policies they generally prefer have bad effects (such as gun control encouraging crime...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Incentives matter. Sometimes that can be explained with wonky discussions of marginal tax rates orwelfare traps. But that may not be the best approach when trying to convince someone with no aptitude for economics. So what’s the best way of introducing such concepts...
by Dan Mitchell | May 14, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I have no idea whether Donald Trump believes in bigger government or smaller government. Higher taxes or lower taxes. More intervention or less. Sometimes he says things I like. Sometimes he says things that irk me. Politicians are infamous for being cagey, but “The...
by Dan Mitchell | May 13, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I will always have fond feelings for Playboy, though not for the stereotypical reason. My appreciation for the magazine is largely based on the fact that I got a very nice honorarium from the German version back in the 1990s for writing an assessment of Bill Clinton’s...
