by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I have a very mixed view of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which is an organization representing self-styled deficit hawks in Washington. They do careful work and I always feel confident about citing their numbers. Yet I frequently get frustrated...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
In the past, I’ve identified the world’s most misleading headlines and I’ve also identified the world’s least surprising headline. Today, I’m going to share the world’s most disappointing headline. When I first saw this story in USA Today, I thought it was time to...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2015 | Blogs, Taxation
If I asked you what Donald Trump and Bono have in common, the easy and accurate answer is that they both have lots of money. But if I asked you to identify a shared perspective by the two men, at first glance that would seem to be a much harder question. After all, it...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
At the risk of upsetting a certain type of feminist, I’m going to openly admit that I believe in chivalry. And that means more than just holding open doors for women or giving up my seat on a bus. Because of my old-fashioned values, I also believe in helping out when...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I wrote last month that the debt burden in Greece doesn’t preclude economic recovery. After all, both the United States and (especially) the United Kingdom had enormous debt burdens after World War II, yet those record levels of red ink didn’t prevent growth. Climbing...
