by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve pointed out on several occasions that Herbert Hoover was a big-spending Keynesian. Heck, Hoover was pursuing failed Keynesian policies several years before Keynes produced his most well-known book, The General Theory. Hoover’s big spending was so pronounced that...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 23, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Have you ever tried to run in waist-high water? It’s not easy, but it’s a useful exercise if you want to experience what it’s like to comply with government rules, regulation, paperwork, and red tape. Especially if you want to understand why it’s getting harder for...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The 2011 edition of Economic Freedom of the World, published by Canada’s Fraser Institute (with help from groups like Cato), has been released. Covering data through 2009, the new report provides damning evidence of the negative impact of the Bush-Obama policies of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs
Congressman Eric Cantor, the House Majority Leader, has a rather persuasive column in the Washington Post about the negative impact of President Obama’s big-government agenda. … the Obama administration’s anti-business, hyper-regulatory, pro-tax agenda has fueled...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
It was a strange experience to read the comments and emails generated by yesterday’s post on the “Obama downgrade.” Democrats and liberals were upset that I blamed Obama for the downgrade, as you might expect. Republicans and conservatives, however, were agitated that...
