by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
I wrote last week about the libertarian response to the coronavirus crisis and made four simple points. Governments should focus on protecting life, liberty, and property. That includes fighting pandemics. A big sprawling federal government will be less capable and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Europe
I’m not a big fan of paternalism because of my libertarian belief that people should be free to govern their own lives. That’s true even if they make choices that I think are foolish. Needless to say, many politicians don’t share this laissez-faire perspective. But...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
The most obvious threat to free enterprise is Bernie Sanders, though other prominent leftists are giving “Crazy Bernie” plenty of competition. But I sometimes wonder whether the more tangible threat to capitalism comes from self-described conservatives who say they...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
The main problem with America’s health care system is government intervention (Medicare, Medicaid, the tax code’s healthcare exclusion, etc). The main symptom of all that intervention is pervasive “third-party payer,” which is the term for a system where people buy...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Regulatory policy has been one of the bright spots of the Trump Administration (along with tax policy). But it’s not a perfect record. In a column for Townhall, Steve Sherman describes how the Labor Department launched a regulatory attack against Oracle in the final...
