by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I suspect that most Americans, if asked to list the biggest economic success story in the United States over the past few decades, would list high tech and the Internet. And that would be a good answer. For those of us with a good bit of gray hair, it’s sometimes...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
When I read that the Obama Administration wants to regulate the Internet by having the Federal Communications Commission impose “net neutrality” rules, my immediate response is to be opposed. Does my opposition to more regulation and red tape make me a knee-jerk...
by Brian Garst | Nov 10, 2014 | Big Government, Blogs, Competition, Regulations
The internet has prospered free of government control and regulation. The relative lack of barriers to commerce and trade offered by the internet has foster significant growth and innovation. President Obama’s announced desire to regulate the internet as a...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2013 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve
Art Laffer has a guaranteed spot in the liberty hall of fame because he popularized the common-sense notion that you can’t make any assumptions about tax rates and tax revenue without also figuring out what happens to taxable income. Lot’s of people on the left try to...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2012 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
The United Nations may be useful as a forum for world leaders, but it is not a productive place to develop policy. The international bureaucracy compulsively supports statist initiatives that would reduce individual liberty and expand the burden of government. Global...
