by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Over the past few months, I’ve written a 7-part series on Bidenomics, reviewing the president’s record on issues such as subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, and employment. Regarding the last item, a big problem is...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 3, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Let’s revisit the issues of Bidenomics. Previous editions of this series have focused on Biden’s dismal record with regards to subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, and red tape. The assessment has not been...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
As a general rule, some of the worst people are attracted to the world of politics. As such, we should never be surprised when politicians push bad policy. But there are bad ideas…and there are really bad ideas. At the risk of understatement, Biden’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Yesterday’s column explained that lobbyists are big winners when the size and scope of government increases. For instance, a bigger budget means special interests hire lobbyists to obtain ever-larger slices of pork.Moreover, added red...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Since I went to the archives for a video yesterday, let’s do the same thing today. Here’s my 2009 video about the close link between the size of government and the level of corruption. I’m recycling this video because President Biden and his allies in Congress are...
