by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I first started writing about the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual report about red tape back in 2010. The newest edition was just released, so let’s take a depressing look at America’s regulatory burden. We’ll start with the chart showing...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
Building on my four-part series (here, here, here, and here) explaining the case against socialism and my five-part series (here, here, here, here, and here) on socialism in the modern world, today’s column will look at the economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I thought I found the sure winner of the counter-tweet of the year back in February when @jmhorp debunked a silly and illiterate tweet from @ATLCWorker. The inescapable conclusion from that exchange was that capitalism is the best...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Time for another edition of my series on “Fiscal Fights with Friends,” where I debunk supposed conservatives who advocate for statist policies. Today’s topic is tax increases, an issue that I’ve had to address before (examples can be found here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
I’ve periodically mentioned that Herbert Hoover’s protectionism contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s. In today’s column, let’s look at some details. We’ll start with this short video featuring Dartmouth’s Doug Irwin....
