by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It isn’t fair to compare and contrast the views of a distinguished economist with the envious ramblings of a career politician/community activist. But it’s also not right for the government to use coercion to impose bad policy, so I don’t feel guilty about sharing...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 17, 2011 | Bailouts, Blogs
After any news appearance, I torment myself by watching the clip and telling myself I should have said something differently or raised a different point. But I’m actually happy with this appearance on Fox Business News because I (hopefully) explained the difference...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ll start with an important caveat and state that Ford is far from a perfect company. It has its snout in the trough for boondoggles such as green energy programs. And it happily benefits from protectionist restrictions on foreign pickup trucks and SUVs. That having...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 27, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy
I’ve commented on the corruption of the Solyndra scandal, but it’s important to understand this is not just a story of sleaze. From an economic perspective, the real problem is that green-energy programs cause a misallocation of capital. Simply stated, government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2011 | Blogs, Health Care
In a column about the revolving door between big government and the lobbying world, here’s what the irreplaceable Tim Carney wrote about the waiver process for folks trying to escape the burden of government-run healthcare. Congress imposes mandates on other entities,...
