by Dan Mitchell | Jan 23, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When trying to educate people about the superiority of free enterprise over statism, I generally show them long-run data comparing market-oriented jurisdictions with those that have state-driven economies. Here are some of my favorite examples. North Korea vs. South...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 25, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in 2014, I looked at the vitally important battle over whether Santa Claus is a liberal or conservative. Let’s now broaden that debate and contemplate the difference between libertarian Christmas and socialist Christmas. We’ll start with this much-deserved jab at...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2016 | Blogs
I wrote a couple of days ago about a global ranking showing which nations enjoy the most personal and economic freedom. Surprisingly, European nations dominated the top 20, which suggests (given the depressing amount of statism in Europe) that libertarians have a lot...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
Libertarians are sometimes described as people who don’t want the government to interfere in either the bedroom or boardroom, which is a shorthand way of saying that there should be both personal freedom and economic freedom. Based on this preference for liberty and a...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 10, 2016 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I have an entire page dedicated to libertarian-related humor. Unfortunately, the majority of my collection makes fun of libertarians. So I’m always on the lookout for new items that will even up the balance. And here’s something clever, at least for people who are...
