by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’m in Argentina this week, where I will be giving a speech about the flat tax on Wednesday. But I’m not going to use today’s column to regurgitate my thoughts about tax reform. Instead, I want to dedicate today and the next few days to analyzing the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I periodically explain that the world is a laboratory, filled with experiments that teach (or should teach) that we get more prosperity with free markets and limited government. Today, let’s look at the global laboratory and see what it teaches us...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
About 10 days ago, I showed that Milton Friedman was a much better economist than Joseph Stiglitz by comparing Chile (which followed Friedman’s ideas) and Venezuela (which followed Stiglitz’s ideas). It was a slam-dunk win for Friedman. Chile started poor and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
He’s only been in office since late last year, but President Javier Milei of Argentina is doing an amazing job, dramatically reducing inflation in a very short time. And he’s also significantly reduced the burden of government spending, leading to...
by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
A couple of weeks ago, I shared some good news about President Milei‘s efforts to rescue Argentina’s economy. Here’s a bit more of my optimism. You can see my entire interview on the Schilling Show by clicking here. If you do, you’ll...
