by Dan Mitchell | Mar 27, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Regulations
While he’s no Javier Milei, Donald Trump has done a very good job with regards to the burden of red tape. Let’s start Part II of this series (click here for Part I) by looking at a chart that shows periods of deregulation in the United States. As you can see,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2026 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
I have three-video primers on price gouging and public choice, so I may as well do the same thing for the 2008 financial crisis (click here for Part I). We’ll start with a video from Peter Wallison, which correctly notes how housing subsidies...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2026 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
When he first ran for President, I observed that Trump was a big-government Republican. This doesn’t mean he’s part of the moderate GOP establishment, like Bush and Romney. But it does mean that there is considerable overlap in terms of...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 20, 2025 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
I have been very critical of the Federal Reserve. For a long time. The central bank has give us more than one hundred years of boom-and-bust monetary policy. And to make matters worse, the booms are false and the busts are real. Yet no...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2024 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
Why did Donald Trump win on Tuesday? There are lots of theories, but I think this chart played a big role. It shows how the Federal Reserve dramatically expanded its balance sheet in 2020 and 2021. In other words, the Fed created a bunch of new money....
