by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2021 | Blogs, Education, Featured
Coronavirus has been a dark cloud. But if we want to find a silver lining, the government’s bungled response to the pandemic has exposed some weaknesses in the government school monopoly. And this could mean opportunity for competing structures that can...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Featured
I have repeatedly warned that nations get in fiscal trouble when government is too big and growing too fast. In such countries, it’s very common to find high levels of government debt as one of the symptoms of excessive spending. This can create the conditions for a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Featured, Taxation
I don’t like higher taxes, whether looking at levies on income, capital gains, payroll, death, or consumption. But if asked to identify the worst way of hiking taxes, the wealth tax might lead the list because of the economic damage caused per dollar collected. If you...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Dec 4, 2020 | Featured, Uncategorized
This week saw the passing of Walter E. Williams at age 84. A long-time friend of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity (CF&P), Dr. Williams served on our advisory board and his columns were frequently cited on our blog. Dr Williams was also a colleague and a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Featured
One of America’s leading public intellectuals, Walter Williams, has passed away. In 2014, I shared a teaser for Suffer No Fools, a video biography of his life. To commemorate the life of this great man, here’s the full video. I first got to know Walter when I was a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 4, 2020 | Blogs, Featured
For what it’s worth, my presidential prediction for 2020 will probably turn out to be more accurate than my presidential prediction for 2016. But I doubt anyone cares about that. Let’s instead look at what happened last night (and, in some cases, what is still...
