by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2016 | Bailouts, Blogs, Health Care
At the risk of understatement, Obamacare is a mess. It’s been bad for taxpayers, bad for consumers, and bad for healthcare. It’s even been bad for some of the special interest groups that backed the legislation. The big insurance companies supported the law, for...
by Dan Mitchell | May 10, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
According to Economic Freedom of the World, there are five major factors that determine a nation’s economic performance. Here’s the recipe for growth and prosperity. Rule of law and property rights. Small government. Stable monetary policy. Reasonable regulatory...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Mar 16, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Medium on March 12, 2016. While accepting his award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars last month, The Big Short screenwriter and director Adam McKay warned, “If you don’t want big money to control government, don’t vote for candidates...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m a big fan of Estonia. According to both the Fraser Institute and the Heritage Foundation, it has considerable economic freedom. It has a low-rate flat tax, meaning that investors, entrepreneurs, and small-business owners aren’t punished for contributing more to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Feb 19, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on February 19, 2016. In 2012 activist hedge fund titan Bill Ackman announced a $1 billion short of Herbalife stock by his fund, Pershing Square Capital Management. Making such shorts public is rare, but even more unusual are...
