by Dan Mitchell | Apr 14, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
With so many Americans currently filled with anxiety about their annual tax forms, this is the time of year that many people wistfully dream about how nice it would be to have a simple and fair flat tax. Unfortunately, there are many obstacles to better tax policy....
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Free trade is a good moral concept for the simple reason that politicians and bureaucrats should not be allowed to interfere with voluntary transactions between consenting adults. It’s also a good economic concept for the simple reason that protectionists can’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 9, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
I’ve often complained that government-created third-party payer is the main problem with America’s healthcare system, and I was making that point well before Obamacare was imposed upon the country. The issue is very straightforward. In a genuine free market,...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
What’s the most important factor for economic progress? There are several possible answers to that question. We can take a big-picture view and argue that the key is free markets and small government, and there certainly is lots of evidence in favor of this assertion...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 5, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Education
I’ve written many times about the shortcomings of government schools at the K-12 level. We spend more on our kids than any other nation, yet our test scores are comparatively dismal. And one of my points, based on this very sobering chart from the Cato...
