by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Mark Steyn has a typically witty column that covers everything from the infamous Audi Superbowl commercial to the kid who was stopped by TSA for having Arabic-language flash cards. But he closes his piece with this powerful statement: …the difference between...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Insanity is sometimes defined as doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. On this basis the Euro-statists are clinically over the edge. They keep centralizing more power in Brussels and then they complain that European economies...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market
The White House recently released the Economic Report of the President. In a post at the White House blog, Christina Romer brags that the stimulus legislation was a big success. This Act is the great unsung hero of the past year. It has provided a tax cut to 95...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 16, 2010 | Big Government, Blogs, Economic Growth, Free Market, Taxation
The fiscal crisis in Greece is fascinating political theater, in part because the Balkan nation is a leading indicator for what will probably happen in many other countries. The most puzzling feature of the crisis is the assumption in other European capitals,...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2010 | Blogs, Free Market
Here’s another study showing the benefits of comprehensive school choice in a foreign country. Interestingly, the author of the report about the Chilean system clearly is not a fan of competition, yet even his data shows higher scores for private schools and...
