by Dan Mitchell | Mar 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
Part I of this series showed higher wages and better housing in the United States, while Part II showed an ever-larger GDP advantage for America. Part III will begin with this John Stossel video. Sven Larson is an Associate Scholar at CF&P, so I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 6, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Here are three options when contemplating Germany’s biggest economic challenge. Is it the growing burden of government, which likely will worsen over time because of demographic factors? Is it extreme environmental policies that have spiked energy costs and undermined...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Folks on the left claim high tax burdens won’t hurt growth. Some even assert higher taxes are good for growth. Today, we’re going to give them a history lesson, starting with this video. There are two lessons from the Tax Foundation’s video about what...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Building on Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series, here’s a video debunking some online socialists who are inexplicably popular. As you can see, the video cites real socialists – i.e., people who defend policies such as government ownership of the means of...
by CF&P | Feb 25, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Protectionism is illogical. It is based on the notion that it is good to have higher prices and inefficient allocation of resources. Which is why trade barriers inevitably lead to lower growth and fewer jobs. All based on an utterly irrelevant...
