by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The candidates for the 2020 Democratic nomination are competing to offer the most statist agenda, with Crazy Bernie, Elizabeth Sanders, and Kamala Harris being obvious examples. But let’s not overlook Mayor Pete Buttigieg. He has a moderate demeanor, but he’s been...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
How do we measure the cost of Venezuelan socialism? Is it people eating household pets? Is it people dying of malnourishment? Is it women selling their bodies? Actually, it’s all of the above. And there’s plenty of additional evidence. All of which shows that more...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 9, 2019 | Blogs
Having been exposed to scholars from the Austrian school as a graduate student, I have a knee-jerk suspicion that it’s not a good idea to rely on the Federal Reserve for macroeconomic tinkering. In this interview from yesterday, I specifically warn that easy money can...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
In addition to speaking on tax competition at the European Resource Bank in Moldova, I also appeared on a panel about healthcare. I used the opportunity to explain how government-created “third-party payer” has crippled market forces in the United States and produced...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
The folks at USA Today invited me to opine on fiscal policy, specifically whether the 2017 tax cut was a mistake because of rising levels of red ink. Here’s some of what I wrote on the topic, including the all-important point that deficits and debt are best understood...
