by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2012 | Blogs, Economics
America’s political elite is nauseating for many reasons, but perhaps most of all when they blame others for problems that are caused by misguided government policies. A stark example is the way they attacked the Facebook billionaire who moved to Singapore because of...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
It seems that any argument about the economy eventually boils down to the core issue of whether government spending acts as a stimulus or whether it is – in the words of Thomas Sowell – a sedative that undermines prosperity. So when Robert Reich and I went on Erin...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 26, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Growth
I’ve been a big critic of Obama’s policies on taxes, spending, regulation, and intervention, so you won’t be surprised that I argued on CNBC that his policies have made the economy worse. Here are two graphs, which I posted earlier this month, that make my point. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2010 | Blogs
One of the fascinating discussions at the Mont Pelerin Society conference has been about the role of evolutionary psychology and its role in shaping public thinking about economic issues. Paul Rubin of Emory University spoke on this issue at the conference and,...
