by Dan Mitchell | Mar 19, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Last year, as part of a series on the additional reforms Milei needs to enact in Argentina, I shared this video on reducing protectionism. Since the video was only one-minute long, there was no chance to provide details. But at the conference in Buenos Aires...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Why does the United Kingdom have very foolish tax policies? Well, it does have remarkably clueless politicians. But let’s also put part of the blame on the country’s suicidally stupid voters. Consider this new polling data. Big majorities of Labour and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
March 9 was the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. I wanted to celebrate that occasion yesterday, but decided acknowledging Argentina’s rapid improvement in the Index of Economic Freedom was more timely. So...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 9, 2026 | Blogs, Economics
As explained in this clip from an interview last fall, Javier Milei implemented great reforms in his first year using presidential authoriy, had slower progress in his second year because of a hostile legislature, and looks like he will have a strong third year thanks...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
One of the key insights of good tax policy is that people respond to incentives. If tax rates are punitive, people will do what they can to protect themselves from predatory government. Especially if they have any ability to control the timing,...
