by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
One reason I’m interested in Chile’s election is that the leftist candidate, Gabriel Boric, wants to eviscerate the nation’s successful private pension system. Bettina Horst of Libertad Y Desarrollo gave me her analysis. As an economist and Executive Director of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 17, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
I explained a few days ago that Sunday’s presidential runoff in Chile should be viewed as the most important election of 2021. This is because the left’s candidate, Gabriel Boric, wants to turn Chile into Venezuela, as I mention in this radio interview with Ross...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
If you want visual proof of Chile’s “improbable success,” this chart tells you everything you need to know. Thanks to free-market reforms in the 1980s and 1990s, growth exploded, Chile became the Latin Tiger and poverty plummeted. It’s remarkable how...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2020 | Blogs, Taxation
One of my traditions, which started in 2013, is to share the year’s best and worst policy outcomes of the past 365 days. For instance, last year I celebrated Boris Johnson’s landslide victory in the United Kingdom and also was very happy that Colorado voters preserved...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2020 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Even though my 2020 prediction for the presidential race was much more accurate than my 2016 prediction, I’m definitely a policy wonk rather than a political pundit. That being said, I’m very interested in elections because voting patterns eventually can translate...
