by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I don’t always fully agree with Will Wilkinson of the Niskanen Institute, but I’m an avid reader of his work because he writes intelligently on issues that I care about. I especially like it when we’re on the same side. A good example is his recent column about...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 20, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
One of the interesting games in Washington is deciding who on the right (however defined) is a “Trumpie” and who is a “Reaganite.” Here are a few indicators. If you claim to be for small government, but cheer Trump’s support of greater federal involvement in child...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Over the past four days, I’ve looked at the supposed socialism of Venezuela, the Nordic nations, Greece, and France. And I chose those nations deliberately because I used them as examples in this clip from a recent interview. All of them are sometimes labeled as...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
My multi-part series on Socialism in the Modern World has featured Venezuela, the Nordic nations, and Greece. But no discussion of dirigiste policy would be complete without a look at France. After all, not only does France have a history of imposing 100-percent-plus...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Socialism
In Part I of this series, we examined the horrific tragedy of Venezuelan statism, and in Part II of this series, we looked at the Scandinavian “free-market welfare state.” Today, Part III will look at the ongoing deterioration of Greece. I’ve written many times about...
