by Dan Mitchell | Jul 16, 2023 | Blogs, Monetary Policy
I have an old-fashioned belief that it’s important to be truthful when analyzing public policy. I criticize Republicans when they’re wrong and I criticize Democrats when they’re wrong. And I also praise politicians...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 2, 2023 | Blogs, Economics
In 2022, I did a seven-part series about Bidenomics, focusing on the president’s track record on subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, and labor-force participation. Let’s take an...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2023 | Blogs, Trade
At the risk of understatement, Donald Trump’s trade policy was a miserable failure. But the 2020 election did not lead to any changes. Biden also has been a protectionist. In some ways, he’s been even worse than Trump. A rather...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I have long argued that lower levels of government spending are good for prosperity. This is why I have praised presidents who actually cut spending (such as Harding and Coolidge) and also lauded presidents who restrained...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
What do Joe Biden and Donald Trump have in common? Speaking earlier this year to the Mackinac Center in Michigan, I warned they both implicitly favor massive tax increases on ordinary households. If you don’t want to spend two minutes watching the...
