by Dan Mitchell | Nov 29, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
People with libertarian sympathies worry about “slippery slopes.” To elaborate, if you give government a little bit of power, we fear it will just be a matter of time before politicians and bureaucrats figure out how to expand and abuse that...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
Last month, a plurality of Argentinians voted for a libertarian in their nation’s presidential primary. This shocking result may be an sign that voters have sobered up and realized that they have “run out of other people’s money.” This video from The...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I’ve been warning for more than a decade about weaknesses in China’s economy, I’m not surprised by the surge in stories about that nation’s grim economic outlook. The problem is statism. To be more specific, China suffers from...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2023 | Blogs, Europe
When I write about bad French policy, I’m usually referring to fiscal problems such as excessive spending and onerous taxation. Such as a retirement system with full benefits available at an absurdly low age (even after the recent reform). Or...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
Industrial policy is when politicians use subsidies, mandates, protectionism, and other forms of intervention to provide unearned benefits to a specific companies and/or specific industries. The politicians claim that the free enterprise system somehow...
