by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2011 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Regulations, Taxation, VAT
The mid-term elections were a rejection of President Obama’s big-government agenda, but those results don’t necessarily mean better policy. We should not forget, after all, that Democrats rammed through Obamacare even after losing the special election to replace Ted...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2010 | Blogs, Economics
This doesn’t have the production quality of the Hayek-Keynes rap video, and it presumably won’t get as many views, but this young lady has a very clever love song for Friedrich Hayek.
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2010 | Blogs, Economics
I don’t now why I bothered spending all that time perusing the writings of Paul Krugman and Larry Summers in order to produce my previous blog post when this Michael Ramirez cartoon makes the same point in a much simpler way.
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 19, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
The two main political parties are sniping at each other about the just-concluded tax deal, largely because Republicans are happy and Democrats are displeased that all of the 2001/2003 tax cuts are being extended for all taxpayers. Almost nobody is paying attention to...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Health Care
The title of this post may be a slight exaggeration. I actually recommend you read the entire two-page paper by Devon Herrick of the National Center for Policy Analysis. But this chart from that study is an excellent visual display of what’s wrong with the health care...