by Dan Mitchell | Jul 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Part I of this video series gave a brief summary of how Javier Milei’s free market policies have rejuvenated Argentina’s economy. But more reform is needed and this second video makes the case for labor market deregulation. Politicians impose so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 24, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, States
In Part XIII of my series comparing Texas and California (previous seven editions can be found here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), I shared data showing that the burden of state spending was growing much faster...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
To augment my four-part video series about trade (dealing with the WTO, creative destruction, deficits, and economics), here’s part of my recent lecture about Trump’s trade policy to the Universidad de Libertad in Mexico City For those who...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
At the start of this 2022 video, I openly stated that trade destroys jobs. But since I didn’t want anyone to jump to the wrong conclusion, I quickly explained that all trade destroys jobs, whether trade between North Carolina and Missouri or trade between the...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve repeatedly cited monthly data from the Labor Department to show that workers have struggled during the Biden-Harris years because inflation has increased faster than wages. Those monthly numbers specifically show that workers...