by Dan Mitchell | Jul 27, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
To begin Part III of this series (here’s Part I and Part II), let’s dig into the archives for this video I narrated back in 2007. At the risk of patting myself on the back, all of the points hold up very well. Indeed, the past 15 years have produced more evidence that...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m in the United Kingdom for the Free Market Road Show and had planned on writing today about the awful economic policies of Boris Johnson, the supposedly Conservative Prime Minister. Yes, he produced an acceptable Brexit, but otherwise...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
I’m not a fan of the government-distorted health system in the United States. Various laws and programs from Washington have created a massive problem with third-party payer, which makes America’s system very expensive and inefficient....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 28, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
After the people of the United Kingdom voted to escape the European Union, I wondered whether the Conservative Party would “find a new Margaret Thatcher” to enact pro-market reforms and thus “take advantage of a golden opportunity” to “prosper in a post-Brexit...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
The great Margaret Thatcher famously observed that the problem with socialism is that governments eventually “run out of other people’s money.” But they can do a lot of damage before they reach that point. We know from U.S. experience that Republicans...
