by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
As I wrote last month, the world is a laboratory that teaches us about the relative merits of free enterprise and statism. I usually apply this insight to national governments. Countries with total statism (North Korea, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela) are...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Other than noting that it is a form of collectivism, coercion, and interventionism, I have not paid much attention to fascism. Today, we’ll take a closer look at this statist ideology, and we’ll start with this video from Matt Kibbe. And since I’ll be...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
In Part I of this series about six months ago, I wrote that “I favor ‘freedom conservatism‘ over ‘national conservatism‘ because the former is unambiguously based on liberty and the latter veers toward populism.” And I defined a populist as “someone who exploits...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, Trade
I’m not a fan of the International Monetary Fund, mostly because of the bureaucracy’s support for bailouts and higher taxes. Those are terrible policies for the global economy. If you want to add insult to injury, the IMF’s forecasting ability also...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Over the years, I have heaped praise on the Baltic nations, especially Estonia, for having comparatively sound economic policies. The latest piece of evidence is the Tax Foundation’s 2024 edition of the International Tax Competitiveness...
