by Dan Mitchell | Feb 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Is the United States becoming more libertarian? In terms of social tolerance, there are reasons for optimism. The legal harassment of drug users is declining.Legal harassment of gay people has virtually disappeared. But when looking at economic issues,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Other than just-for-the-fun-of-it election predictions, I generally stick to economic analysis rather than politics. But I acted as a pundit in this interview about Joe Biden’s waning popularity (in my defense, I also used the opportunity to slip is some...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 15, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
The fight over President Biden’s budget, the so-called Build Back Better plan, has revolved around very important issues. The adverse impact of expanding the welfare state, particularly the per-child handouts.The anti-growth...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
If we want more prosperity, what’s the ideal size of government? Anarcho-capitalists would say it shouldn’t exist at all, while some hard-core leftists want something like North Korea, where the state is everything. The rest of us want something between...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Given my libertarian sensibilities, I would probably object to foreign aid programs even if they worked. But I don’t have to deal with that potential quandary because we have ample evidence that you don’t get prosperity by giving money to...
