by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There are three reasons to be a knee-jerk supporter of tax cuts (or to be a knee-jerk opponent of tax increases). The morality-driven libertarian argument that people should be able to keep the income they earn.The starve-the-beast...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Education
I have a multi-part series on why people shouldn’t trust economists (see here, here, here, here, and here). I even wrote a tongue-in-cheek column asking whether economists were “Useless, Despicable, and Loathsome People.” That being...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote yesterday about the huge problems facing Argentina’s new libertarian president. Javier Milei appears to be fully aware of what is needed to rejuvenate his nation, and is also being very honest about what will be required. But also...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
It’s very hard to give Joe Biden a good grade for economic policy after examining issues such as subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, employment, and poverty. So I was surprised last...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
Bidenomics is unpopular for the simple reason that prices have been rising faster than incomes have been rising. And when people are sinking – or even if they are treading water – that is a recipe for dissatisfaction. Yet people like Paul...
