by Dan Mitchell | Jul 24, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I was surprised to learn last year that Poland’s economy has out-performed China’s economy over the past three decades. Given the way free markets out-perform statism, I should have known this would be the result. Today, let’s take a closer look at how...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
The world is much freer today than when I was born, largely because the “Evil Empire” collapsed. The Soviet Union was awful. It killed at least 20 million of its own people (some say as many as 60 million). It enslaved and impoverished its own...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Early last year, I shared a video explaining that Karl Marx was a despicable human being. Today, let’s look at a video that further examines him and his hideous ideology. This raises an interesting question of picking the most offensive feature of Marxism. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 16, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Back in 2014, I compared the long-run economic performance of Cuba and Hong Kong. Both jurisdictions were roughly equal about 60 years ago. But the data show a dramatic performance gap ever since the communists took power in Cuba, with Hong Kong (which...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2021 | Blogs
There are not many advantages to being old, but I feel lucky to have been alive to see the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. We should celebrate this victory over evil every day. But especially on December...
