by Dan Mitchell | Jul 26, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
The federal government screws up some big things (Social Security, health care, higher education, etc). This video shows it also screws up on targeted issues. The clear message is that the federal government has very bad policies that are hurting Native...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
There is a recipe for achieving growth and prosperity and I used a grade-point-average analogy earlier this year to explain why it is important to get all the ingredients correct. Let’s look at some empirical data. I wrote back in March about the Heritage...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market
I first started complaining about bad economic policy in Ukraine nearly 10 years ago. But since I routinely criticize bad policy around the world, that was not special (and since politicians at home and abroad generally ignore my advice, it...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
A few days ago, I shared a clip about capitalism and big business from a recent speech in Poland. Here’s something else I said, in this case about whether free markets can produce more prosperity for everyone. The answer, of course, is that capitalist societies...
by Dan Mitchell | May 8, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market
For a few decades, Chile was very interesting for fans of free markets. The country became famous for its system of personal retirement accounts, but there were many other reforms that liberalized the economy. Everything from free...
