by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Earlier this year, I asked “Why are there so many bad and corrupt people in government?” and suggested two possible explanations. Shallow, insecure, and power-hungry people are drawn to politics because they want to control the lives of others. Good people run for...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 29, 2020 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs
Since government officials have imposed severe restrictions on economic activity, I’m sympathetic to the notion that businesses should be compensated. But, as I warn in this CNBC interview, I have major concerns about big government and big business getting in bed...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Back in 2014, I shared a World Bank study that measured how tax complexity facilitates more corruption by government officials. Not that anyone should have been surprised. Complex tax codes enable politicians to extort bribes when writing the law (a problem that...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
I wrote last October about how poor nations that followed the pro-market recipe of the “Washington Consensus” in the 1980s and 1990s got good results. Johan Norberg addresses the same topic in this video. Sadly, international organizations are infamous nowadays...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2019 | Blogs, Europe
The Department of Agriculture should be abolished. Yesterday, if possible. It’s basically a welfare scam for politically connected farmers and it undermines the efficiency of America’s agriculture sector. Some of the specific handouts – such as those...
