by Dan Mitchell | Feb 9, 2014 | Blogs, Economics, Health Care
I asked back in September whether all the bad news about Obamacare meant it was time to feel sorry for President Obama and other statists. Some people apparently didn’t realize I was being sarcastic, so I got some negative feedback. I’ve since learned to be more...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 3, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
Imagine you’re a statist and you want to raise your kids to have the same spiteful and envious mindset. What’s the best approach? Well, sending your children to a government schoolis an obvious first step. But kids sometimes rebel against big-government orthodoxy, so...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 26, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
If you want to know why the left is wrong about income inequality, you need to watch this Margaret Thatcher video. In just a few minutes, the “Iron Lady” explains how some – perhaps most – statists would be willing to reduce income for the poor if they could impose...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs
The title of today’s column may not make much sense if you’ve never watchedThe Producers, a 1960s Mel Brooks comedy featuring Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, but you’ll soon see the connection. That’s because we’re going to laugh at Obamacare, otherwise known as the gift...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2014 | Blogs, Economics
If you ask an economist about the difference between capitalism and socialism, you’ll probably get a boring answer about the size of government, the impact on incentives, and the power of the state. Or maybe you’ll get a nit-picking answer, sort of like when I...
