by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2025 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
About three weeks ago, I suggested a new Theorem of Government to guide immigration policy. I was motivated by a combination of politics and economics, as summarized by these five points. The public does not like mass immigration. Mass immigration generates...
by CF&P | Feb 25, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Protectionism is illogical. It is based on the notion that it is good to have higher prices and inefficient allocation of resources. Which is why trade barriers inevitably lead to lower growth and fewer jobs. All based on an utterly irrelevant...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 11, 2025 | Blogs, Trade
Within the first minute of my recent video on trade and protectionism, I remarked that ”Trump simply does not understand trade.” Today, I want to give another example of why “Tariff Man” has the wrong approach. He just announced that he will be imposing a 25 percent...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
To augment my four-part video series about trade (dealing with the WTO, creative destruction, deficits, and economics), here’s part of my recent lecture about Trump’s trade policy to the Universidad de Libertad in Mexico City For those who...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 2, 2025 | Blogs
Today’s column is going to be about the contentious issue of immigration. But I’m going to take off my economist hat (perhaps a good thing) and become an amateur political pundit. Let’s start with this short clip from a recent interview. There’s always...
