by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
Why do folks on the left support punitive policies such as high tax rates and a bigger burden of government? Some of them are motivated by resentment against those who have achieved success. These are the people who support the...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 30, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Supply Side
If nothing else, Biden’s big-government agenda is triggering a debate about fundamental issues, such as whether it’s a good idea to make America’s economy more like Singapore or more like Italy. In making the case for the Italian approach of higher...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 4, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The 2021 edition of the Index of Economic Freedom was released today (as I’ve repeatedly stated, it’s my favorite annual publication from the Heritage Foundation). There are five things that merit attention 1. Hong...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2021 | Blogs, Free Market
In an ad during last year’s campaign, Kamala Harris asserted that “equitable treatment means we all end up at the same place.” In other words, lots of class-warfare taxation to finance lots of means-tested redistribution. Here’s an oft-used meme illustrating this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 2, 2021 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Back on December 28, I shared four charts for the explicit reason that I wanted everyone to understand that average living standards in the western world have skyrocketed over the past few centuries. I could have used that data to clear up myths about “robber barons”...
