by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2018 | Blogs, Taxation
Assuming elected officials care about the consequences of their actions, the obvious answer to a question isn’t always the right answer. Q: Why should a (sensible) politician oppose the minimum wage, especially since some workers will get a pay hike? A: Because the...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2018 | Blogs, Europe
In last year’s French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, I joked that voters should choose the socialist over the socialist, but made a serious point that Macron – despite having been part of Hollande’s disastrous government – was...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
Since it’s the last day of the year, let’s look back on 2017 and highlight the biggest victories and losses for liberty. For last year’s column, we had an impressive list of overseas victories in 2016, including the United Kingdom’s Brexit from the European Union,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I like France, in part because it’s a nice place to visit, but also because I’ve been able to use the country as an example of bad public policy. Its tax system is a nightmare, leading entrepreneurs to escape to other nations (hardly a surprise when tax rates can...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Back in April, I looked at the candidates running for the French presidency and half-jokingly wondered which one would win the right to preside over the country’s decline. But once the field was winnowed to two candidates, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, I wrote...
