by Dan Mitchell | Dec 12, 2024 | Blogs, Trade
In Part I of this series, I showed that there has been a long-run decline of manufacturing employment in the United States, but pointed out that it is silly to blame this drop on trade agreements such as NAFTA or the WTO. What’s really happened is...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Donald Trump was a big spender during his first term in office. Even if you don’t count the orgy of pandemic-related spending, he spent more and spent faster than Barack Obama. He even increased domestic spending faster than Obama!...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 16, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Halfway through Trump’s first term, I used a set of scales to characterize his mixed economic policy. He had some pro-growth policies such as deregulation and tax reform, and he had some anti-growth policies such...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
So far in this series, we have looked at what a second Trump presidency might mean for the following three issues. The number of government bureaucrats. Controlling the burden of federal spending. The Department of Government Efficiency. Today, let’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 13, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Back in August, I shared a chart showing that nearly 100 percent of America’s 30-year deficit was because of Social Security and Medicare. Well, Brian Riedl of the Manhattan Institute has unveiled the 2024 version of his...
