by Dan Mitchell | Dec 18, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
Remember the financial crisis and market meltdown from late last decade? That wasn’t a fun time, and we’re still dealing with some of the fallout. Let’s specifically look at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two privately owned but government-created housing finance...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 24, 2016 | Blogs, Economics
James Pethokoukis of the American Enterprise Institute has an intriguing idea. Instead of a regular debate, he would like presidential candidates to respond to a handful of charts from the recent Economic Report of the President that supposedly highlight very...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve written before about the tremendous success of Hong Kong. The jurisdiction routinely is ranked as being the world’s freest economy, and its fiscal policy is a role model for spending restraint. One reason Hong Kong has prospered is that it has enjoyed a policy of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
More than 100 years ago, George Santayana famously warned that, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” At the time, he may have been gazing in a crystal ball and looking at what the Obama Administration is doing today. That’s because the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 18, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
People sometimes think I’m strange for being so focused on the economic harm that results from third-party payer. But bear with me and we’ll see why it’s a very important issue. If you’re not already familiar with the term, third-party payer exists when someone other...
