by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2026 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
I’ve been participating in a conference in Argentina this week on “Understanding Argentina’s Transformations Under Milei.” Part I reviewed the horrible economic conditions that plagued Argentina when Javier Milei took office. Part II looked at Milei’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 15, 2026 | Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
Let’s start today’s column with two simple and uncontroversial statements. Without real entitlement reform, the burden of government spending will grow dramatically over the next few decades. There are only three ways – taxes, borrowing, and money-printing – to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 12, 2026 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
When he first ran for President, I observed that Trump was a big-government Republican. This doesn’t mean he’s part of the moderate GOP establishment, like Bush and Romney. But it does mean that there is considerable overlap in terms of...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve pointed out that Donald Trump and Joe Biden have very unfortunate similarities on issues such as trade and government spending. Sadly, it appears that they also like to engage in victim blaming when bad government policies lead...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 16, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
When I give speeches about Trump’s protectionism, the most-common question I get is about the impact on jobs (it’s a net job destroyer). In the past month or two, however, I’m getting more questions about protectionism and inflation....
