by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
Every so often, I can’t resist pointing out extreme examples of media bias. Washington Post New York Times Reuters Time ABC Associated Press New York Times (again) Washington Post (again) New York Times (again) My goal is not to fixate...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Regulations
I periodically share Mark Perry’s famous “Chart of the Century” to show that government intervention is a recipe for rising relative prices.* Since economic principles don’t change when you cross national borders, one might expect to see...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I explained a few months ago how poor nations can converge with rich nations. The recipe for prosperity is actually very simple, as Adam Smith wrote centuries ago. Sadly, most governments don’t follow that recipe, largely because...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 31, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
I’ve written critical columns about the failure of Venezuelan socialism and I’ve written laudatory columns about the success of Chile’s free markets reforms. Today, let’s compare and contrast what has happened to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
Gary Johnson, the Libertarian presidential candidate back in 2016, got in trouble because he (quite understandably) could not name an admirable world leader. If the same question was asked today, the easy answer would be Javier Milei of Argentina, who just...
