by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Immigration, Society
Illegal immigration is again becoming a big issue, which always leaves me with mixed feelings. I think it’s great that the United States is a beacon of hope and opportunity for people around the world.I think it’s great when immigrants add more dynamism and...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
I wrote last October about how poor nations that followed the pro-market recipe of the “Washington Consensus” in the 1980s and 1990s got good results. Johan Norberg addresses the same topic in this video. Sadly, international organizations are infamous nowadays...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last century, I remember reading about the “Washington Consensus,” which was a term that was used to describe the kind of policy advice in those days provided to (or imposed upon) the developing world by the IMF, World Bank, and U.S. Treasury. I never studied the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
Even though I (correctly) doubted the Trump Administration’s sincerity, I applauded proposed reductions in foreign aid back in 2017. I very much want to reduce poverty in poor nations, of course, but the evidence is very strong that government handouts don’t do a very...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 27, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
Because of their aggressive support for bigger government, my least-favorite international bureaucracies are the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But I’m increasingly displeased by the European Bank for...
