by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2025 | Blogs
In 2020, I put together a ranking of recent presidents, mostly because I wanted to make the point that partisan labels don’t necessarily matter. Indeed, over the past 60-plus years, Republicans were some of the worst in terms of statist policy...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 25, 2025 | Blogs, Trade
Building on three videos I shared in 2018 (see here, here, and here), let’s look at another example of Ronald Reagan explaining the benefits of free trade. I’m sharing the above video because the government of Ontario in Canada recently ran an ad featuring excerpts of...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
After Trump’s first term, right after he left office, I assessed his economic policy. I pointed out that Trump was good on some issues (taxes and regulation) and bad on others (spending and trade). The net result, I wrote, was that, “his...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 22, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Economic theory can be very instructive. If we understand the roles of incentives, cost-benefit analysis, and relative prices, for instance, that can help guide public policy. Higher tax rates on work will lower incentives to be productive by changing...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2025 | Blogs, Immigration, Society
My views on immigration are a bit unconventional. I very much believe people should have a right to leave countries (because of political oppression, high taxes, etc), but I don’t think that means other nations are obliged to welcome...
