by Dan Mitchell | Sep 5, 2023 | Blogs, Education, Flat Tax, Free Market, States, Taxation
According to both Economic Freedom of North America and Freedom in the 50 States, Iowa is boringly average, ranking in the 20s. That’s better than being terrible, like New York or California. But it’s worse than being good, like Florida and New...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 27, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
I’m not a fan of so-called national conservatism, largely because many proponents of this Trump-like approach want a bigger burden of government. In some cases, they want new programs to increase Washington’s power over the economy (such...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 19, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Just last month, I cited some academic research showing how Poland’s economy dramatically improved after the fall of the Soviet Empire and the country escaped socialism. The change has been dramatic. Indeed, Poland has easily out-performed...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 16, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Bad policies (industrial policy, protectionism, rent control, minimum wage laws, etc) have a common feature, which is that politicians are trying to replace the “spontaneous order” of markets with intervention and planning. In this new video, John...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket...
