by Dan Mitchell | Jun 9, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve
There’s an old saying that there’s no such thing as bad publicity. That may be true if you’re in Hollywood and visibility is a key to long-run earnings. But in the world of public policy, you don’t want to be a punching bag. And that describes my role in a book...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Laffer Curve, Taxation
The title of this post sounds like the beginning of a strange joke, but it’s actually because we’re covering three issues today. Our first topic is corporate taxation. More specifically, we’re looking at a nation that seems to be learning that it’s foolish the have a...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 6, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
Our leftist friends have decided that income inequality is a scourge that must be addressed. That might be a noble goal if they were motivated by a desire to improve the lives of the less fortunate. Based on their policy proposals, though, it appears that the main...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 3, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In previous columns, I’ve explained why a wealth tax is a very bad idea. And I’ve also pontificated on why leftists are wrong to pursue policies of coerced equality. So it goes without saying that I’m a big fan of a new Wall Street Journal column by John...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Welfare and Entitlements
I haven’t spent much time writing about Thomas Piketty’s inequality book for the simple reason that my goal is economic liberty, not equality. That being said, I think that Piketty is fundamentally misguided even if the goal is helping the poor. Simply stated,...
