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...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 15, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy
At the risk of understatement, I am not a fan of the Internal Revenue Service. But, as shown in this closing segment from a recent interview, I get especially outraged when IRS bureaucrats engage in criminal behavior and nobody cares. This should outrage everyone that...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
When CF&P released this video back in 2009, we wanted people to understand the link between big government and big corruption. Simply stated, unethical people are naturally drawn to politics and unethical interest groups naturally seek to...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve written columns about wonky economic concepts such as “deadweight loss” and “public goods.” Today’s topic is “rent seeking,” which is part of “public choice” and is described by Professor Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University. To elaborate, here’s a video from...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Given my libertarian sensibilities, I would probably object to foreign aid programs even if they worked. But I don’t have to deal with that potential quandary because we have ample evidence that you don’t get prosperity by giving money to...
