by Dan Mitchell | Dec 11, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
Whenever I discuss education policy with one of my leftist friends, it usually follows the same script. They’ll ask whether I want good education for kids. I’ll say yes. They’ll then say we should devote more money to government schools. I then show them this powerful...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 9, 2017 | Blogs, Education, Government Spending, Government Waste
The story of the private sector is that competition generates ever-more output in ways that bring ever-higher living standards to ever-greater numbers of people. By contrast, the story of the government is inefficiency and waste as interest groups figure out how to...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 1, 2016 | Blogs, Education
I’ve explained many times that an economy’s wealth and output depend on the quantity and quality of labor and capital and how effectively those two factors of production are combined. Let’s look today on the labor portion of that formula. And since I’ve...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Education
Normally, leftists get upset if there’s a big industry that charges high prices, engages in lots of featherbedding, and manipulates the political system for handouts. But for some reason, when the industry is higher education, folks like Hillary Clinton think the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 23, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Education
I’ve put together a collection of political cartoons that show government as a bloated, clumsy, and sometimes malicious person. This isn’t because of any special animus, but rather because the unintended consequences of government intervention are almost always...
