by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
A major theme of my daily columns is that economic freedom is a universal recipe for faster growth and better economic performance. But the flip side is that statist policies inevitably lead to less prosperity. And these statements are true...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care, Taxation
I wrote back in 2016 that the health care exclusion was the worst loophole in America’s monstrosity of a tax code. Today’s column will explain why that is still true and we’ll begin with this short explainer video from the folks at Kite &...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 2, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
As shown by the lack of spending restraint in Trump’s absurdly named One Big Beautiful Bill. there are plenty of big-government Republicans in Washington. At the risk of understatement, they are not complying with the Golden Rule of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 31, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Ten years ago, I asked whether Denmark was going to be “a Shining Example of Mitchell’s Golden Rule.” To achieve that distinction, a nation needs to have a multi-year period where there is fiscal restraint so that the private sector grows faster than the...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I admire Ronald Reagan because he walked the walk and talked the talk, which basically means he said the right things and did the right things. Here’s another example of his wisdom. If Reagan’s analysis sounds familiar, it may be because...
