by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The most important election of 2023 took place in Argentina, where that nation’s voters elected the libertarian candidate, Javier Milei, as their new president. I discussed the outlook for Milei’s agenda on a recent appearance of the Schilling Show....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’ve periodically tried to explain that even small differences in long-run growth can lead to immense benefits, including huge reductions in poverty. To illustrate the importance of higher growth rates, I sometimes inform audiences that...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
The world’s most sensible political leader is President Javier Milei of Argentina. But that doesn’t mean he will succeed in rescuing his nation’s Peronism-warped economy. Especially since left-leaning parties control the legislature. But he’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate back in 2016, got in trouble because he (quite understandably) could not name an admirable world leader. If the same question was asked today, the easy answer would be Javier Milei of Argentina, who just...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Education, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
As usual (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, etc), let’s start the year by listing three things I’m hoping for and three things I worry may happen. Let’s start with the potential good news. Here are the three things that plausibly could...
