by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Immigration, Society, Welfare and Entitlements
When non-libertarian audiences ask my opinion about immigration, I generally point out that it is a very good sign that so many people want to come to the United States. Almost everyone agrees with that statement, but that doesn’t put them in the pro-immigration camp....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 12, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Spending caps are the most effective way of fulfilling my Golden Rule for fiscal policy. And we have good evidence for this approach, as I explain in this FreedomWorks discussion. I also discuss tax competition in the interview, as well as other topics. You can watch...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 26, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I explained yesterday that Denmark is not a good role model for American leftists. Simply stated, Otto Brøns-Petersen’s video shows that the admirable outcomes in that country are the result of laissez-faire markets and the bad outcomes are the result of the welfare...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve repeatedly dealt with the argument over Denmark’s supposed socialism. My core argument is that Denmark is very bad on fiscal policy, but very laissez-faire on other issues such as regulation. The net effect is that Danes have about the same amount of economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 14, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism, Welfare and Entitlements
In Part I of our series on Socialism in the Modern World, we looked at the tragic story of Venezuela. Today, we’re going to look at what we can learn from the Nordic nations. And the first thing to understand, as I explain in this interview, is that these nations are...
