by Dan Mitchell | Nov 15, 2022 | Blogs, Trade
At the start of 2021, shortly before Biden was inaugurated, I expressed hope that he would reverse Trump’s self-destructive protectionism. Alas, I’ve been disappointed. On trade issues, Biden has been just about as bad as his...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
As explained in my three-part series (here, here, and here), socialism is a poisonous ideology. With poisonous results. It is morally corrupt, elevating government over the individual and the family. And it is economically...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
While Donald Trump issued some inanely illiterate tweets to promote protectionism, Joe Biden has made a fool of himself with tweets on a wider range of issues. Jaw-dropping economic illiteracy about gas prices.Using make-believe...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 1, 2022 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
Today’s column is about inflation and I want to start by recycling this clip from an interview back in April. The main message is that the Federal Reserve deserves the blame for inflation. America’s central bank created dramatically expanded...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 14, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
According to polling data, President Biden is not getting good grades for economic policy. Part of that is because of inflation, though I’ve repeatedly pointed out that the blame belongs with the Federal Reserve rather than Biden. And the big...
