by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
I wrote a few days ago about Obama’s weak track record on the economy and included the relevant part of a Fox Business interview. In that same interview, I also talked about Trump’s performance. As you might expect, I said nice things about tax reform and regulatory...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
President Trump and former President Obama are arguing over who deserves credit for the economy’s performance. Given the less-than-ideal numbers for labor force participation, I’m not convinced we should be celebrating. Regardless, here’s a quick assessment of whether...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
In a recent interview, I got a chance to pontificate about the recipe for growth and prosperity. Free market capitalism revolutionized the western world, creating prosperitywhere there used to be deprivation. But that observation is the easy part. Later in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 29, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
Remember the big debate about whether Trump was a closet free trader or a crude protectionist? Some people claimed he was imposing tariffs and threatening other nations in order to get them to reduce trade barriers. From the beginning, I was skeptical of this...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
There’s a debate in Washington about what President Trump really thinks about trade. Is he a crude protectionist or closet free trader? If we focus on actions rather than rhetoric, I fear Trump is in the anti-trade camp. That is certainly the case if we look at how...
