by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
Federalism is a great idea, and not just because America’s Founders wanted a small and limited central government. It’s also a good idea because states are laboratories that teach us about the benefits of good policy and the costs of bad policy. And when we...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
In recent weeks, the bureaucrats at both the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have recommended that politicians should have a green light to supposedly stimulate growth by increasing the burden of government...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
My colleague Michael Cannon has been a tireless advocate for market-based health reform. His research has helped pave the way for good Medicare and Medicaid reform proposals on Capitol Hill and he is justifiably famous for his dogged opposition to Obamacare. With that...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Financial Privacy, Keynesian, Monetary Policy
Although it doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it warrants, one of the greatest threats to liberty and prosperity is the potential curtailment and elimination of cash. As I’ve previously noted, there are two reasons why statists don’t like cash and instead would...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 29, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian, Taxation
I thought the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development had cemented its status as the world’s worst international bureaucracy when it called for a Keynesian spending binge even though the global economy is still suffering from previous schemes for...
