by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
I recently wrote about the five potential ways of dealing with Social Security’s simmering crisis and noted that most supposed solutions moved us in the wrong direction on the spectrum. And I wrote less than two months ago about the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last month, I shared this minute-long video to celebrate Javier Milei’s accomplishments but also to explain that more reforms are needed to unwind the 80-year disaster of Peronism. I won’t rehash Milei’s accomplishments in this column, other than to direct people to...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
A couple of days ago, I had an email exchange with some Trumpie friends who asserted that the recent GDP report (3 percent inflation-adjusted growth) was proof that Trump’s protectionist trade policy has been successful. Given the underlying details...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, Trade
From an economic perspective, Trump’s protectionist policies will make the American economy less efficient and lower living standards for American households. If you want to know the macro damage, here are the latest estimates from the Tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 23, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Part I of this series celebrated Javier Milei’s amazing success, Part II pointed out that labor market liberalization is still a big challenge, while Part III noted that the tax system still needs to be fixed. This final video in the series explains the...
