by Dan Mitchell | Oct 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
When I gave speeches during Obama’s time in office, especially to audiences with a lot of Republicans, I sometimes asked a rhetorical question about whether they approved of presidents who increased spending, bailed out big companies, expanded the power of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 24, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Back in 2013, I did an assessment of economic policy changes that occurred during the Clinton Administration. The bottom line was that the overall burden of government declined by a semi-significant amount. Which presumably helps to explain why the economy enjoyed...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 22, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
The cossetted bureaucrats at the International Monetary Fund are on a roll. In the past few months, they’ve published reports pushing a very misguided and statist agenda. In June, I wrote about the IMF pushing a theory that higher taxes would improve growth in the...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 12, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
When writing about the Obamacare and its birth-control mandate, I’ve made a handful of observations. First, it is very bureaucratic and inefficient to use insurance for routine medical expenses. Sort of like using auto insurance to cover the cost of getting an oil...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 8, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
One of my great frustrations (and there are many) is that the conventional wisdom about economic history oftentimes is wrong. It is very common for students to learn things that simply are not true. The history books usually promote the myth that capitalism caused the...
