Real-World Evidence for Regime Uncertainty?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 13, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation

There certainly are logical reasons to think that Obama’s policies are dampening economic growth. Investors and entrepreneurs have little reason to produce and take risks, after all, when they know the burden of government is going to climb. Especially when you add...

Where are the ’60s Hippies Now that They’re Needed to Fight Keynesianism?

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 6, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending

Keynesian economic theory is the social-science version of a perpetual motion machine. It assumes that you can increase your prosperity by taking money out of your left pocket and putting it in your right pocket. Not surprisingly, nations that adopt this approach do...

Low-Income Workers Are the Second Victims of Obamacare

by Dan Mitchell | Oct 2, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Health Care

This blog already has noted that Obamacare crippled the market for “kids only” health insurance policies. Unsurprisingly, that is just the beginning of the bad news. The latest development is that health policies designed to provide insurance to low-income workers may...