by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
As a libertarian, I sometimes make the moral argument for small government. If it’s wrong to steal other people’s income or property, then shouldn’t it also be wrong to use the coercive power of government to take their income or property? Defenders of the welfare...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 16, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last month, I cited data from Economic Freedom of the World to explain that the United States was becoming less competitive because of creeping protectionism and reductions in the rule of law and property rights. Now I have more bad news to share. Last year, the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 15, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Is “supply-side economics” a bad thing or good thing? It depends on what one means by the phrase. If it means that all tax cuts are self financing or that low tax burdens are the sole key to prosperity, then critics are right about it being a form of “voodoo...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Is “supply-side economics” a bad thing or good thing? It depends on what one means by the phrase. If it means that all tax cuts are self financing or that low tax burdens are the sole key to prosperity, then critics are right about it being a form of “voodoo...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2015 | Blogs, Education, Taxation
In my 2012 primer on fundamental tax reform, I highlighted the three biggest warts in the current system. 1. High tax rates that penalize productive behavior such as work and entrepreneurship. 2. Pervasive double taxation that undermines saving and investment. 3....
