by Dan Mitchell | Dec 25, 2015 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Since we enjoyed yesterday a libertarian version of the night-before-Christmas story, let’s continue today with the holiday spirit. During previous Christmas seasons, I’ve shared Keynesian Christmas carols, a great Jay Leno joke, a video of Santa as a small business...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2015 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Time for some holiday spirit. Last year, our night-before-Christmas story featured a very happy story about the benefits of deregulating air cargo. In 2011, Larry the Cable Guy read a politically correct version of the night-before-Christmas story. This year, we have...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Education
I’ve put together a collection of political cartoons that show government as a bloated, clumsy, and sometimes malicious person. This isn’t because of any special animus, but rather because the unintended consequences of government intervention are almost always...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 22, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Because of the budgetary implications, I think it’s more important to deal with Medicaid and Medicare than it is to address Social Security. If left on autopilot, Social Security will eventually consume an additional 2 percent of the private economy. That’s not good...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 21, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve
Based on my writings, some people may think I’m 100 percent against higher taxes. But that’s not exactly true. In some cases, I like punitive taxation. Or, to be more precise, I sometimes take pleasure when punitive tax policy backfires on bad people. Here’s an...
