by Brian Garst | Mar 7, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market
A coalition of 29 organization’s released a letter calling on President Trump to reverse course on planned tariffs on aluminum and steel. The letter notes: Free trade is an integral foundation for any economy seeking growth, innovation, and expanded opportunity....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Government intervention is not good for economic prosperity. That general observation is both accurate and appropriate, but it might also be helpful to contemplate what sector of the economy suffers the most damage and distortion because of government. In terms of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
I explained back in 2013 that there is a big difference between being pro-market and being pro-business. Pro-market is a belief in genuine free enterprise, which means companies succeed or fail solely on the basis of whether they produce goods and services that...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
With apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, here’s the opening of the big-business version of Sonnet 43. How do I hate thee, capitalism? Let me count the ways. I hate thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, for I am big and competition is a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Experts in the field of political marketing periodically tell me that you need to have sympathetic victims when trying to change policy. When pushing for Obamacare repeal, highlight a family who lost its health plan and now has to pay twice as much for insurance. When...
