by Dan Mitchell | May 17, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I explained during a recent speech in Poland that I get very upset when big companies support policies that disproportionately harm small businesses. By the way, I have no objection to big companies simply because they are big. Or merely because they...
by Dan Mitchell | May 16, 2023 | Blogs
Most people instinctively support anti-money laundering laws, but I wonder whether they would change their minds if they understood two very important facts. As shown repeatedly in research studies, there is no evidence that these laws...
by Dan Mitchell | May 4, 2023 | Blogs
It’s baffling and discouraging that some American politicians are pushing for industrial policy when it has a track record of failure. Because of real-world political considerations, such policies inevitably get captured by...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2023 | Blogs
Most examples of Mitchell’s Law involve government passing a bad law (increase in minimum wage) that leads to a bad consequence (fewer jobs), which then becomes the excuse for a new bad law (job training programs). Sometimes, though, politicians don’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2023 | Blogs, Health Care
Does the United States have a market-based health care system or a socialist health care system? That’s not an easy question to answer. Because of Medicare, Medicaid, and other government programs, taxpayers directly finance about 50 percent of...
