by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2025 | Blogs, Taxation
Today, voters in New York City may elect a lunatic leftist as Mayor, following Chicago into the toilet of statism. Is that the most important election of 2025? Later this year, voters in Argentina will decide in mid-term elections whether...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Tax Competition, Taxation
What’s the world’s most sure-to-fail policy (as opposed to the world’s most sure-to-fail system, such as socialism)? There are some crazy possibilities, ranging from grandiose schemes such as modern monetary policy to goofy little proposals such...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
A major theme of my daily columns is that economic freedom is a universal recipe for faster growth and better economic performance. But the flip side is that statist policies inevitably lead to less prosperity. And these statements are true...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
I admire Ronald Reagan because he walked the walk and talked the talk, which basically means he said the right things and did the right things. Here’s another example of his wisdom. If Reagan’s analysis sounds familiar, it may be because...
by Dan Mitchell | May 22, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation, Welfare and Entitlements
Republicans are going to saddle the country with a massive tax increase, and I’m not referring to Trump’s huge protectionist tax increase on American consumers and producers. Instead, I’m referring to my long-held view that a failure to...
