by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
As part of my ongoing efforts to show that free enterprise produces better results than statism, I often use data on per-capita economic output – especially when comparing nations over long periods of time. And I’ll sometimes build upon those...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In Part I of this series, I pointed out that Biden’s plethora of proposed handouts and subsidies would lead to higher prices and more inefficiency. And in Part II, I explained that his discussion of inflation was embarrassingly inaccurate. In today’s column, we’re...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Joe Biden’s economic policy has been a disaster. He’s bad on the issues where Trump was bad (spending and trade).He’s bad on the issues where Trump was good (most notably, taxes).And he’s bad on the issues where Trump had...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve previously explained that “creative destruction” is the best and worst part of capitalism. This new video has more details. I have three goals with this video. First, I explain that trade destroys jobs. But protectionists won’t be happy with my message...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve written columns about wonky economic concepts such as “deadweight loss” and “public goods.” Today’s topic is “rent seeking,” which is part of “public choice” and is described by Professor Alex Tabarrok of George Mason University. To elaborate, here’s a video from...
