by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
Regular readers know I have a skeptical attitude about Donald Trump. His first term was a mix of good and bad policies and I expect a similar jumble of good and bad policies in his second term. Consider, for instance, the commonly held...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I gladly defend profits. I even defend profits for big companies. But I usually include an all-important caveat that profits are only good if earned in a competitive marketplace. At the risk of understatement, I get angry when big companies...
by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I explained during a recent speech in Poland that I get very upset when big companies support policies that disproportionately harm small businesses. By the way, I have no objection to big companies simply because they are big. Or merely because they...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Supporting free enterprise does not mean supporting big companies. Why? Because as John Stossel and Tim Carney discuss, big businesses are more than willing to get into bed with big government and oppose capitalism. The goal should be genuine consumer-driven,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
In Part I, I warned that “stakeholder capitalism” is not just empty virtue signaling. Some advocates are using the concept to promote a statist agenda. For Part II, let’s start with this video. The main message of the video is that ethical profits are good...
