by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
My warm and fuzzy feelings for “capitalism” turn sour when someone promotes a modified version such as “common-good capitalism.” Why? Because I worry such terms imply a Trojan Horse for statism. And that’s definitely the case with so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
As part of a conference organized by the Face of Liberty International in Nigeria, I reviewed real–world evidence to explain the recipe needed for poor nations to become rich nations. With an emphasis on fiscal policy, of course. I think much of what I said is common...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Regarding Russia’s reprehensible attack on Ukraine, I’ve written three columns. Russian oligarchs don’t deserve much sympathy because they got their riches through cronyism rather than capitalism.Western nations should weaken Putin by...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 17, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Government Spending
I’ve written about President Warren Harding’s under-appreciated economic policies. He restored economic prosperity in the 1920s by slashing tax rates and reducing the burden of government spending. I’ve also written many...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
For most of human history, we’ve had primitive and impoverished societies based on feudalism and tribalism. The good news is that capitalism began to emerge a couple of hundred years. The parts of the world that adopted free enterprise...
