by Dan Mitchell | Aug 11, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
I don’t like election years because the policy debate tends to revolve around the various proposals put forth by candidates. And since those ideas generally don’t make much sense, it’s a frustrating period. But the silver lining to that dark cloud is that it does...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
It’s no secret that I’m very leery of Donald Trump. Simply stated, I don’t sense any genuine commitment to smaller government and free markets. In addition to fretting about his overall approach on the big issue of liberty vs. government, I’ve specifically criticized...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 5, 2016 | Blogs, Crime, Economics, Society
I thought it was a remarkable development last year when a columnist from the New York Times reported that supposedly pro-feminist policies actually backfire against women. Maybe this would help readers recognize that there are adverse unintended consequences of...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Does the economic chaos in Greece suggest that government should be bigger? Is Venezuela’s economic collapse evidence that larger governments boost growth? Should we learn from Italy’s pervasive stagnation that public sectors should be expanded? Most people, looking...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Education
Normally, leftists get upset if there’s a big industry that charges high prices, engages in lots of featherbedding, and manipulates the political system for handouts. But for some reason, when the industry is higher education, folks like Hillary Clinton think the...
