by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
During the 2016 presidential cycle, I graded the tax reform plans of various presidential candidates based on factors such as marginal tax rates, double taxation, and fairness. For the 2024 cycle, candidates have been disappointingly reluctant...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 1, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
My views on gridlock were fully captured in the title of a 2015 column, which stated that divided government was “Better than the Alternative of Expanding Government.” And I followed up with a 2020 column that showed that spending restraint was more...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 9, 2022 | Blogs
I’ve never been a fan of Donald Trump, though my criticism has always focused on his support for bad policies such as wasteful spending, foolish protectionism, and corrupt cronyism. Today I’m going to change hats and pretend to be a political...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Most election watchers are focused on whether Republicans will take control of the House and/or the Senate in today’s midterm election in the United States. That’s an interesting topic, and I’ll close today’s column with my predictions, but I’m going to continue my...
