by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Thanks to President Javier Milei, Argentina is the world’s most exciting and encouraging nation for public policy. In just two short years, Milei’s libertarian reforms have pulled the country out of an economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Flat Tax, Taxation
CF&P released this video back in 2010, but I don’t think I’ve re-shared it since 2016, so let’s begin today’s column with a reminder that it is possible to have a simple and fair tax system. But since I’m an economist, I couldn’t resist pointing out in the video...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Featured, Trade
I don’t agree with Donald Trump’s view that trade deficits are bad. Why? Because I understand that a trade deficit is merely the flip side of a capital surplus. In other words, when foreigners earn dollars, they often think investing in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
As explained in my four-part series (here, here, here, and here) and in this clip from a recent interview, Javier Milei’s first two years have been amazingly successful. There are two points in the interview that deserve emphasis. First, Javier Milei’s libertarian...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 24, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
For folks who aren’t busy with last-minute Christmas shopping (this book is a great gift), here’s a video looking at economic myths. The video begins with Professor Ben Powell debunking five myths about socialism. And it ends with me debunking seven myths about...
