by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
In an interview with an economic organization from India last month, I discussed many of the economic issues associated with coronavirus (fiscal fallout, excess regulation, subsidized unemployment, etc). But I want to highlight this short clip since I had an...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
Starting with a column about government-subsidized debt and ending yesterday with a column about why government shouldn’t own airlines, I’ve written about coronavirus-related issues for 14 straight days. And since that’s the topic now dominating the national...
by Dan Mitchell | May 1, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I have a very low opinion of leftist politicians, in large part because I suspect most of them privately understand their policies don’t work, but they don’t care because their main goal is the accumulation of political power (Crazy Bernie is an exception since he...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2018 | Blogs, Trade
There were many policy mistakes that contributed to the Great Depression. Monetary Policy presumably deserves the lion’s share of the blame, but politicians also increased the fiscal burden of government and radically expanded the amount of regulatory intervention....
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 25, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
I try to avoid certain issues because they’re simply not that interesting. And I figure if they bore me – even though I’m a policy wonk, then they probably would be even more painful for everyone else. But every so often, I feel compelled to address a topic simply...
