by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’ve written before about the remarkable vitality of Hong Kong and Singapore, two jurisdictions that deserve praise for small government and free markets. I have also praised Switzerland because of policies such as genuine federalism and financial privacy, and it goes...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 1, 2013 | Bailouts, Blogs, Free Market
Folks, the pendulum is swinging in the right direction. In recent weeks, I’ve shared a bunch of examples to support my hypothesis that libertarians, small-government conservatives, and classical liberals are finally making some progress. This trend actually started...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 9, 2013 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
I’ve spent a lot of time debunking class-warfare tax policy, and I’ve certainly explained ’til I’m blue in the face that big government facilitates a pernicious form of corruption that enriches powerful and well-connected insiders. But I haven’t spent much time...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 17, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Health Care
When I travel, particularly overseas, I run into a lot of people who are totally confused about the American healthcare system. For all intents and purposes, they think the United States relies on the free market and that government (at least in the pre-Obamacare era)...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2012 | Blogs, Free Market
Wow. I wasn’t surprised to learn that the United States dropped in the new rankings unveiled today in Economic Freedom of the World. But I’m somewhat shocked to learn that we fell from 10th last year all the way down to 18th this year, as can be seen on the chart...
