by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Let’s look today at two of the worst public policy ideas, proposals that are so economically illiterate that they get support only from very dogmatic leftists. We’ll start with the deduction for state and local taxes. Since I’m a fan of the flat tax, I don’t...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 8, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
I periodically explain that the world is a laboratory, filled with experiments that teach (or should teach) that we get more prosperity with free markets and limited government. Today, let’s look at the global laboratory and see what it teaches us...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Four years ago, I shared a video that explained that 19th century cronyism and industrial policy in America was just as wasteful, corrupt, and ineffective as the 20th century version (think Japan) or the 21st century version...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, States
When I write about regulation, it’s usually to highlight how red tape is causing bad outcomes in specific sectors (banking, child care, dentistry, credit cards, the Internet, etc). But I’m a big fan of jurisdictional...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m not a political pundit, but I’m guessing that yesterday’s despicable assassination attempt on Donald Trump increases the likelihood that he reclaims the White House. That’s probably not good news for trade policy (though Biden has been just as bad),...
