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...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy
I’m not a fan of Joe Biden’s economic policy, particularly his tax-and-spend agenda. I also don’t approve when the Biden Administration uses phony numbers and phony arguments. But what’s really baffling is the use of accurate numbers to...
