by Dan Mitchell | Apr 13, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last year, I wrote “good riddance” columns for Joe Biden and Justin Trudeau. Today, let’s bid a not-so-fond farewell to Viktor Orbán, the long-serving (2010-2026) but just-rejected Prime Minister of Hungary. My main gripe with Orbán is that he moved his...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 12, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote yesterday about the Hayek Socialism Index, which showed Hong Kong getting the best score, followed by Liechtenstein and Monaco (with North Korea getting the worst score). Today, let’s focus specifically on Argentina since the Index gives...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When writing about which jurisdictions have the most economic freedom or best tax regimes, I’ve sometimes groused that it would be very interesting if small micro-states were included. Lo and behold, some group called Factum Research has...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
There’s some amateur foreign-policy analysis in this video clip, but notice what I say about trends in Chinese economic policy. Today’s column is going to show that China’s economic improvement – indeed, its entire post World War II history – has a very simple...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Here’s the latest data looking at how poverty has dramatically declined since the advent of capitalism, courtesy of Our World in Data at Oxford University. I wanted to begin today’s column with this uplifting data because we’re going to be focusing on how to help the...
