by Dan Mitchell | Nov 27, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Using comparative bar charts, I’ve analyzed the economic policies of Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon. My basic conclusion was that economic policy moved in the right direction under Reagan and Clinton and moved...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Taxation
I know exactly how Ronald Reagan must have felt back in 1980 when he famously said “There you go again” to Jimmy Carter during their debate. That’s because I endlessly have to deal with critics who try to undercut the Laffer Curve by claiming that it’s based on the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
It’s difficult to promote good economic policy when some policy makers have a deeply flawed grasp of history. This is why I’ve tried to educate people, for instance, that government intervention bears the blame for the 2008 financial crisis, not capitalism or...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 1, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
There have been many truly awful presidents elected in the United States, but if I had to pick my least favorite, I might choose Herbert Hoover. I obviously have disdain for Hoover’s big-government policies, but I also am extremely irritated that – as Jonah Goldberg...
by Brian Garst | Nov 5, 2012 | Blogs, Economic Growth, Economics
You know your record as President is abysmal when supporters are reduced to touting how much better you’ve done than Herbert Hoover. But that’s where Obama is at, apparently, as historian Robert McElvaine took to the New York Times a few days ago to make...
