by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Donald Trump wants to make protectionism great again. Bernie Sanders wants to make socialism great again. And if we continue with sarcastic headlines, Elizabeth Warren wants to make cronyism great again. She has a plan, which she explained in a column for the Wall...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
There’s a problem in California. No, I’m not referring to the punitive tax laws. Nor am I talking about the massive unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pension. Those are big problems, to be sure, but today’s topic is the state’s government-created housing crisis. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 23, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy, Taxation
I’ve been writing about proposed carbon taxes since 2012. My message is simple and straightforward. It’s possible to design a carbon tax that is theoretically appealing. Simply use all the revenue to get rid of some other tax that causes greater economic harm, such as...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Health Care
I very much suspect Obama partisans and Trump partisans won’t like this column, but the sad reality is that both Obamacare and Trump’s protectionism have a lot in common. In both cases, government is limiting the freedom of buyers and sellers to engage in unfettered...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 20, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
Back in January, I compared Reagan’s pro-trade views with Trump’s cramped protectionism. Well, here’s another video of the Gipper talking about trade. I especially like how he used “destructionism” to describe protectionism. And let’s consider exactly the kind of...
