by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Featured
I’m skeptical of “common-good capitalism” in the same way I’m suspicious about “nationalist conservatism” and “reform conservatism” (and it should go without saying that I didn’t like the “kinder-and-gentler conservatism” and “compassionate conservatism” we got from...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 20, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Featured
The best feature of libertarians is that we are very principled and look at everything through the lens of the non-aggression principle. By contrast, the worst feature of politics, as explained by the Ninth Theorem of Government, is that it encourages people look at...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Featured, Laffer Curve, Taxation
Last week, I gave a presentation on the Laffer Curve to a seminar organized by the New Economic School in the nation of Georgia. A major goal was to help students understand that you can’t figure out how changes in tax rates affect tax revenues without also figuring...
by CF&P | Aug 12, 2020 | Featured, News, Press Releases
For Immediate Release Wednesday, August 12, 2020 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org CF&P Foundation Paper Finds Proposed Wealth Tax Would Mean Loss of 1.8 Million Jobs (Washington, D.C., Wednesday, August 12, 2020) The Center for Freedom & Prosperity...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Aug 11, 2020 | Featured, Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by Inside Sources on August 10, 2020. The biggest sticking point in negotiations between the White House, Senate Republicans and House Democrats over the next COVID-19 relief bill is the treatment of the CARES Act’s recently expired $600 in added...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 19, 2020 | Blogs, Education, Featured
The coronavirus has been horrible news, most obviously because of death and suffering. But the disease has also wreaked havoc with the economy and given politicians an excuse to push counterproductive policies. But if you want to find a silver lining to that dark...
