New Zealand’s Risky Wage-Rigging Gamble

by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2020 | Blogs, Economics

I’m a big fan of New Zealand because the nation is a great example of how sweeping free-market reforms lead to very good results. The Kiwis got rid of all agriculture subsidies and farmers benefited. The Kiwis put the clamps on government spending, both in the 1990s...

So-Called Paycheck Fairness Was the Nuttiest Idea at the Democrats’ debate

by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market

I wondered about my career choices last night because I was stuck with the very unpleasant task of live-tweeting the Democrat presidential debate. Cleaning out septic tanks would have been a more enjoyable way to spend my time. Of all the crazy things that were...

So-Called Paycheck Fairness Act Would Allow Government to Second-Guess Private Markets

by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Regulations

Back in 2010, I cited the superb work of Christina Hoff Summers as she explained that we should let markets determine wages rather than giving that power to a bunch of bean-counting bureaucrats. She wrote that article because leftists at the time were pushing a...