The boss of the Chicago teachers union is a big opponents of choice and competition, but she sends her kid to a private school.

Dan Mitchell
Daniel J. Mitchell is the President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. Dr. Mitchell advocates limited government and fundamental tax reform, and is the nation’s leading opponent of tax harmonization schemes developed by the Brussels-based European Union, the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and the United Nations.
In addition to fiscal policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security reform – particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts.
Understanding Washington’s Spending Problem
CF&P has just released three short studies that will make you better informed than most so-called budget experts in Washington.
Ranking Economic Freedom in American Cities
Are there better results in cities that have higher levels of economic freedom?
China’s Bumbling Statists
Policy has been moving in the wrong direction under President Xi.
Is Iowa Becoming the “Florida of the North”?
Iowa lawmakers are enacting big reforms.
Biden’s Reckless Spending Binge
The fiscal situation once again is heading in the wrong direction.
Crime, Punishment, Libertarianism, and Responsibility
Who is to blame for car thefts?
Prosperity and Taxation: What Can We Learn from the 1950s (Part II)?
It didn’t happen the way it is always claimed.
The Job-Destroying Effect of Trump-Biden Protectionism
Trump was bad on trade and now Biden is too.
Great Moments in Foreign Government: Wasted French Wine
Why are the wine-loving French destroying wine?










