by Dan Mitchell | Oct 12, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
I wrote a column about taxes and growth in 2020. Let’s augment that analysis by digging into some details. I decided to address the issue today after seeing a tweet with this helpful summary of how different taxes cause different levels of economic...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 24, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
My 20th Theorem of Government is based on the very simple – but empirically rigorous – premise that the key fiscal variable is spending growth. If government is restrained, there are inevitably good outcomes. If government grows rapidly,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, Trade
From an economic perspective, Trump’s protectionist policies will make the American economy less efficient and lower living standards for American households. If you want to know the macro damage, here are the latest estimates from the Tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 15, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Economists are lousy forecasters, at least when they try to make specific predictions. But good economists at least can speculate about whether proposed policies will make things better or worse. For instance, Ronald Reagan had the good fortune to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Which leftists are worse, the ones who pontificate in favor of higher taxes but aggressively and hypocritically seek to protect their own money? Or the ones who genuinely worship government and sincerely believe that the government should...
