by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2012 | Blogs, Free Market
A couple of months ago, I discussed a column by Arthur Brooks, in which he explained that libertarians and conservatives need to make a moral argument for capitalism and not just rely on statistics and economic analysis. This is correct, I believe, and I cited myself...
by CF&P | Jul 10, 2012 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 10, 2012 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New CF&P “Economics 101” Video Demonstrates Need for New Direction in Health Care (Washington, D.C., Tuesday, July 10, 2012) The...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 19, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
To answer the question in the title, it means you need to read the fine print. This is because we have a president who thinks the government shouldn’t confiscate more than 20 percent of a company’s income, but he only gives that advice when he’s in Ghana. And the same...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Regulations
Back in 2010, I cited the superb work of Christina Hoff Summers as she explained that we should let markets determine wages rather than giving that power to a bunch of bean-counting bureaucrats. She wrote that article because leftists at the time were pushing a...
by Dan Mitchell | May 23, 2012 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I sometimes wonder whether journalists have the slightest idea of how capitalism works. In recent weeks, we’ve seen breathless reporting on the $2 billion loss at JP Morgan Chase, and now there’s a big kerfuffle about the falling value of Facebook stock. In response...
