by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When I wrote about the 2021 edition of Economic Freedom of the World, I noted that both Chile and Canada were drifting in the wrong direction. In the just-released 2022 version, there’s not any good news about those two...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Over the past few months, I’ve written a 7-part series on Bidenomics, reviewing the president’s record on issues such as subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, and employment. Regarding the last item, a big problem is...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last week, I shared some great information from Superabundance, a new book that shows how economic liberty has made us much better off, as measured by how much more we can buy per hour worked. Today, let’s look at a related benefit of...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 3, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Let’s revisit the issues of Bidenomics. Previous editions of this series have focused on Biden’s dismal record with regards to subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, and red tape. The assessment has not been...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote last year that today’s Americans are much richer than their parents and grandparents (and the gap becomes even more enormous when comparing with earlier generations). But the data I cited almost surely understate the improvement in...
