by Dan Mitchell | Mar 7, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market
I only share longer videos when there are very important points to be made (such as the rise and decline of New York City or Trump’s foolish protectionism). But I hope people will be patient enough to watch this 29-minute video. I’m a Milei fan because...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market, Health Care
Which nation has the best health system? Is it a country with overtly government-run health care, like the United Kingdom? Is it Singapore, with its one-of-a-kind system of mandatory private savings? Is it the United States, notwithstanding being...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Last year, I mocked Tucker Carlson for trying to make it seem like Russia’s moribund economy was successful. Two years ago, I showed that Russia lagged behind other nations that emerged from the collapse of communism. Three years ago,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 29, 2025 | Blogs, Free Market
I wrote a few weeks ago about how 108 leftist economists, including Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman, were wildly wrong when they warned in 2023 that Javier Milei’s agenda would be “very harmful for the Argentine economy.” This new...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 17, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending
Vietnam’s economic trajectory is similar to China’s. Horrible poverty and even starvation (in the case of China) during the days of hard-core communism. Less poverty today thanks to a few pro-market reforms starting in the 1980s. Still low-to-middle income...