by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Way back in 2009, in the early days of writing this column, I shared an image that aptly summarizes the bad things that happen when politicians interfere with economic liberty. The simple message is that more government is almost always the wrong answer....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Supporting free enterprise does not mean supporting big companies. Why? Because as John Stossel and Tim Carney discuss, big businesses are more than willing to get into bed with big government and oppose capitalism. The goal should be genuine consumer-driven,...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Yesterday’s column explained that lobbyists are big winners when the size and scope of government increases. For instance, a bigger budget means special interests hire lobbyists to obtain ever-larger slices of pork.Moreover, added red...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I went to the archives for a video yesterday, let’s do the same thing today. Here’s my 2009 video about the close link between the size of government and the level of corruption. I’m recycling this video because President Biden and his allies in Congress are...
by Dan Mitchell | May 9, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Government Waste
Compared to international bureaucracies such as the IMF and OECD, the United Nations has very little power to impose bad policy. But that does not mean it should be immune from criticism. There’s an anti-market ideology at the UN and I have specifically...
