by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I was in Bratislava earlier today as part of the Free Market Road Show, where I spoke about how European nations are in trouble because of excessive spending and aging populations. But I’m not going to write about my presentation because Peter Gonda of the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2018 | Blogs, Europe
As an economist, I admire Switzerland for its sensible approach to issues such as spending restraint and taxation. As an observer of political systems, I admire Switzerland for its robust federalism. As a supporter of human rights, I admire Switzerland’s protection of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2017 | Blogs, Europe
Defenders of civil liberties have won big victories against gun control in the United States. The fight certainly isn’t over, to be sure, but most Americans have some degree of freedom to own guns, carry guns, and protect themselves with guns. By contrast, the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2013 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
I’m not sure I could pick out a significant victory for human freedom in 2012. Maybe I’m missing something, but the only good policy that’s even worth mentioning was the decision in Wisconsin to rein in the special privileges and excessive compensation for government...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2012 | Blogs, Flat Tax, Taxation
I periodically mock Republicans for being the stupid party. Yes, some of them probably mean well, but they have this lemming-like instinct to throw themselves on hand grenades. But I noted back in April that the supposedly right-wing Christian Democrat party in...
