by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
At the risk of oversimplifying, here’s the three-sentence trajectory of Chinese economic policy. Crippling communist failure and suffering under Mao.Partial reform during the “Washington Consensus” era.Backsliding to more...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2023 | Blogs
Back in 2019, I divided China’s recent economic history into three periods. Mao’s utter and total failureDeng’s partial liberalizationXi’s backsliding to statism The net result of these three periods is that China did enjoy some growth thanks...
by Brian Garst | Feb 14, 2023 | Opinion and Commentary
Originally published by RealClearPolicy on February 7, 2023. Economic protectionism is an old, global practice that can take many forms, but almost always results in harm to both consumers and companies alike. One popular tactic in the protectionism playbook is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
I created the Anti-Convergence Club so I could have concrete examples of how more economic liberty translates into higher living standards. In effect, it’s the data-driven version of my Never-Answered Question. Yesterday, I provided another...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
One of my frustrations in life is that my friends on the left seem more interested in good intentions rather than good results. With regards to overall public policy, I challenge them with my “never-answered question” and they are unable to respond. With regards to...
