by Dan Mitchell | Apr 9, 2026 | Blogs, Regulations
It’s easy to identify President Trump’s worst issue. It’s trade, of course, where his protectionist views and policies are economically illiterate. It’s also easy to identify his best issue. Trump has been very good about...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Thanks to demographic change and poorly designed entitlement programs (primarily Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, but also food stamps and other welfare programs), the United States is stumbling toward a grim fiscal future. Let’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Trump’s best issue is regulation. His worst issue is trade. Sadly, we’re going to look the latter topic today’s column. It’s the one-year anniversary of his disastrous “Liberation Day” trade taxes, so let’s investigate what’s happened since that...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Regulations
While he’s no Javier Milei, Donald Trump has done a very good job with regards to the burden of red tape. Let’s start Part II of this series (click here for Part I) by looking at a chart that shows periods of deregulation in the United States. As you can see,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2026 | Blogs, Trade
I’m not disappointed in the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Trump’s preposterous and destructive trade taxes. That was the right decision and I want to call it a libertarian legal victory. But I’m not as happy as I would like to be...
