by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
The good news is that President Trump wants to boost economic growth, which is a laudable goal after the economy’s sub-par performance during the Obama years. The bad news is that he may sabotage his good reforms of tax policy and regulation with protectionism. In a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
I gave Trump 50-day grades and 100-day grades, but those were largely speculative assessments. Now we have a full year of data and that real-world evidence can be used to grade Trump’s first year in office. But before I get into the details, allow me to start with a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
We joked about communism yesterday, so let’s stick with the humor theme and make Trump today’s target. Months before the 2016 election, I shared a world-according-to-Trump map that had some very clever parts (I especially liked the portrayal of Eastern Europe and...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I was not optimistic about a Trump presidency. Before the 2016 election, I characterized him as a “statist” and a “typical big-government Republican.” I’ve also criticized his policies on entitlements, trade, child care, capital gains taxation, government spending,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Happy New Year! We listed yesterday the good and bad policy developments of 2017, so now let’s speculate about potential victories and defeats in 2018. Here are two things I hope will happen this year. Welfare reform – If my friends and contacts on Capitol Hill are...
