by Dan Mitchell | Nov 19, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
With regards to economic policy, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt were two peas in a pod. They both responded to an economic downturn by dramatically expanding the size and scope of government. As a result of those mistakes, they...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 18, 2024 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I get annoyed by the virtue-signalling leftism from the United Nations. And it irks me when the U.N. peddles dishonest analysis. And I’m also nauseated by the bureaucracy’s pervasive corruption. But, unlike...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
In 2016, I wrote that socialism was both evil and stupid. Today, let’s look at a practical example, starting with this video about Norwegian taxation that is both funny and tragic. The tragic part of the video is that it is true. Norway’s leftist...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Halfway through Trump’s first term, I used a set of scales to characterize his mixed economic policy. He had some pro-growth policies such as deregulation and tax reform, and he had some anti-growth policies such...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
I was going to continue my Second-Edition-of-Trump series (see here, here, here, and here) by writing about what to expect with regards to trade (pessimistic) and then taxes (optimistic). But I’m shifting gears today because the bureaucrats at the...
