by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
There’s some amateur foreign-policy analysis in this video clip, but notice what I say about trends in Chinese economic policy. Today’s column is going to show that China’s economic improvement – indeed, its entire post World War II history – has a very simple...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2026 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by FEE on January 27, 2026. For years, China’s control of the 5G and AI future seemed unstoppable. Backed by the Chinese state, Huawei—which is labeled a Chinese military company by the Department of Defense—embedded itself across global...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m a big believer in the notion that taxes change behavior. I even have a five-part series (here, here, here, here, and here) emphasizing the point. The core insight is that people respond to incentives. But I also think there...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Having written back in August about China being the least-successful ethnically Chinese country, I was interested to see this recent tweet. Mr. Demos of Pnyx speculated that China would be as backward as India today if the communists has not prevailed...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2025 | Blogs, Trade
From an economic perspective, the most important part of this video is at 2:22, when I explain that everyone is better off in the long run when there are job losses caused by creative destruction. Today, I want to share some real-world data to confirm that assertion....
