by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2018 | Blogs, Health Care
I periodically mock the New York Times when editors, reporters, and columnists engage in sloppy and biased analysis. Claiming Medicaid cuts in a piece that shows rising outlays for the program. Asserting that government schools are “starved of funding” when taxpayer...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 22, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
The good news about China is that economic liberalization has produced impressive growth in recent decades, which has helped bring hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The bad news is that China started from such a low position that per-capita income is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 26, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I’ve been in China this week, giving lectures about economic policy at Northeastern University in Shenyang. I’ve explained that China has enjoyed reasonably impressive growth in recent decades thanks to pro-market reforms. But I’ve also pointed out that further...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
President Trump is a protectionist. He doesn’t understand the principle of “comparative advantage.” And he’s wrong about the implications of a “trade deficit.” But that doesn’t mean everything he says about trade is wrong. He frequently accuses other nations of...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
I explained last month that the World Trade Organization’s dispute-resolution mechanism is the best way of discouraging China from short-sighted mercantilist and cronyist trade policies. The Trump Administration, though, thinks that the best response to bad Chinese...
