by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I prefer the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World over the Heritage/WSJ Index of Economic Freedom, not because I’m an expert on the methodology of the two publications, but for the simple reason that I assume Economic Freedom of the World must be slightly...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Taxation
The world is a laboratory and different nations are public policy experiments. Not surprisingly, the evidence from these experiments is that nations with more freedom tend to grow faster and enjoy more prosperity. Nations with big governments, by contrast, are more...
by Brian Garst | Dec 14, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Regulations
The South Los Angelos City Council is not satisfied with the culinary choices of the people of South Los Angelos. While consumers have been voting one way with their wallets, the City Council has voted to use government force to override their preferences. How many...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 8, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Health Care
The title of this post may be a slight exaggeration. I actually recommend you read the entire two-page paper by Devon Herrick of the National Center for Policy Analysis. But this chart from that study is an excellent visual display of what’s wrong with the health care...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2010 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Thanks to the folks at the Mises Institute, Professor George Selgin of the University of Georgia (!) has a superb presentation on the failings of the Federal Reserve. George was one of my professors at George Mason University back in the 1980s and is one of the...
