by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Brazil appears to be a tragic example of what happens when societal capital erodes (or never gets established in the first place) and too many people in the country see government as a vehicle for redistribution. That environment leads to statist policies. Which...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
The mid-term elections take place on Tuesday and the crowd in DC is focused on who will control the House and Senate. I’ll make my (sometimes dubious, sometimes accurate) congressional predictions next week. The goal today is to call attention to the key initiatives...
by Dan Mitchell | May 5, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed the four major candidates running in the French presidential election and expressed general pessimism. This Sunday, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will face each other in the runoff election. That’s a rather depressing choice....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 10, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m a policy wonk rather than a political partisan or political prognosticator, so I generally don’t comment on elections. But since I’ve received several emails asking my opinion of the Trump debacle and this is the topic dominating the headlines, I will offer my two...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 7, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
With all of the GOP presidential candidates proposing varying plans to reduce the tax burden and reform the tax system, I’m constantly asked which one is best. But that’s hard to answer because all of the proposals have features I like…as well as some features that...
