by Dan Mitchell | May 6, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
One of the most-nauseating features of government is how politicians and bureaucrats impose lots of restrictions on ordinary people, yet then officially or unofficially create exemptions for themselves. Bill and Hillary advocating for higher death taxes, but...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Having already written several dozen columns on public policy and the coronavirus, it’s time to add my two cents to the debate over Sweden’s (comparatively) laissez-faire approach to the pandemic. If nothing else, it’s remarkable that the nation Bernie Sanders praised...
by Dan Mitchell | May 4, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
I spoke last week about the “Economic Consequences of the Crisis” for a webinar organized by the Estonian Business School. My remarks focused on the severity of the downturn, the likelihood of a new fiscal crisis in Europe, and how to balance the costs and benefits of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2020 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, States
A Supreme Court Justice pointed out in 1932 that “a state may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.” Well, we’ve had several experiments in higher taxes and higher...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
A couple of weeks ago, I debunked a remarkably anti-empirical column by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. He claimed that America’s response to the coronavirus was hampered because government is too small, yet the nations he cited as successful role models actually...
