by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2022 | Blogs, Featured, Monetary Policy
Back in 2015, I explained to Neil Cavuto that easy money creates the conditions for a boom-bust cycle. It’s now 2022 and my argument is even more relevant. That’s because the Federal Reserve panicked at the start of the pandemic and dumped a massive amount of...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Apr 18, 2022 | Featured, Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by the Inside Sources on April 12, 2022. Global outrage over the Russian invasion of Ukraine emboldened Western leaders to levy unprecedented sanctions on Russia and the oligarchs bolstering Vladimir Putin’s regime. As war rages on and Russia’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2022 | Blogs, Featured, Taxation
How do we know people don’t like taxes? They tend to reject candidates who support higher taxes, as George H.W. Bush and other politicians have learned.Then tend to vote against higher taxes when given an opportunity (though...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 22, 2022 | Featured, Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by the Inside Sources on March 9, 2022. As one of its three pillars to address inflation, and in continuation of the agenda outlined through last summer’s Executive Order on “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” the Biden administration...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Featured
I’ve previously explained that “creative destruction” is the best and worst part of capitalism. This new video has more details. I have three goals with this video. First, I explain that trade destroys jobs. But protectionists won’t be happy with my message...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2022 | Blogs, Featured, Taxation
I wrote last year about an encouraging trend of lower tax rates at the state level. As you can see from this map, one of the states moving in the right direction is Iowa. But Governor Kim Reynolds isn’t satisfied with just lowering tax rates, which is a...
