by Dan Mitchell | Oct 21, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending
Building on yesterday’s column, let’s look at some more data about the “improbable success” of Switzerland. We’ll start with a comparison of per-capita GDP, showing Switzerland out-performing other nations (I’ve shared similar...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market
I’ve shared a two-part video series (here and here) on the “improbable success” of Switzerland. Building on that, here’s a report from CNBC about the “world’s best nation.” There are many reasons to admire Switzerland. Most individual liberty...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
More than 10 years ago, I warned that Ukraine was suffering from statism. In that column, I compared Ukraine’s economic anemia to Poland’s economic rebound and explained the gap was due to Poland’s pro-market reforms. That same year, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 3, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market, Trade
Back in 2018, I wrote a column about trade and “comparative advantage.” Let’s delve further into the issue with this video from Kite & Key. Just like “creative destruction,” people don’t intuitively understand comparative advantage. In the video, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 26, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
The newest edition of Economic Freedom of the World has been released by the Fraser Institute and I will continue my tradition (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc) of putting a spotlight on major developments. We’ll...
