by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Because of their aggressive support for bigger government, my least-favorite international bureaucracies are the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But I’m increasingly displeased by the European Bank for...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
The good news is that some honest leftists have thrown in the towel and now openly admit that capitalism generates more prosperity. They still don’t want free markets, of course. For ideological reasons, they continue to push for a big welfare state. But at least they...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 8, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote last month about the risk of Trump harming American workers, consumers, and producers by pulling the United States out of NAFTA. That’s still a danger to the U.S. economy, but it’s been pushed to the back burner by a more immediate threat – the President’s...
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...
