by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
When I give speeches about modern welfare states, I’ll often cite grim data from the IMF, BIS, and OECD about the very depressing fiscal consequences of ever-expanding government. And if I really want to worry an audience, I’ll augment those numbers by talking about...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 10, 2016 | Opinion and Commentary
This article originally appeared on The Daily Caller on June 8, 2016. The nation is enthralled by an unusual presidential campaign season that has pretty much seen it all. One important thing that has thus far been lacking is a serious legislative agenda to get the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
The International Monetary Fund is a left-leaning bureaucracy that was set up to monitor the fixed-exchange-rate monetary system created after World War II. Unsurprisingly, when that system broke down and the world shifted to floating exchange rates, the IMF didn’t go...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
The debate over socialism shouldn’t even exist. Everywhere big government has been tried, it has failed. And we have reams of evidence that free-market economies dramatically out-perform statist economies. Yet the siren song of socialism still appeals to a subsection...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2016 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
Politicians specialize in bad policy, but they go overboard during election years. It’s especially galling to hear Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton compete to see who can make the most inane comments about the financial sector. This is why I felt compelled last...
