by Dan Mitchell | Mar 8, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Our series on the failure of Bidenomics has touched on four topics. Biden’s subsidy agenda will lead to higher prices and economic inefficiency.Biden’s inflation policy is mocked even by senior Democratic economists.Biden’s so-called Buy America policy hurts taxpayers...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Yesterday’s column explained that Biden’s proposals to expand the welfare state were bad news, in part because government subsidies often lead to inefficiency and higher prices. That’s not a smart strategy when inflation already is at...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
More than 11 years ago, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this video about the OECD, a Paris-based bureaucracy subsidized by American taxpayers. As outlined in the video, there are many reasons to dislike the Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
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...
