by Dan Mitchell | Jan 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
It’s easy to mock economists. Consider the supposedly prestigious left-leaning academics who asserted in 2021 that Biden’s agenda was not inflationary. At the risk of understatement, they wound up with egg on their faces.* Today, we’re going to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
While teaching in China last week, I shared this chart with students to emphasize the point that poverty has been the norm throughout human history. It was only a couple of hundred years ago that free markets emerged and parts of the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 13, 2024 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Proponents of drug legalization are dealing with good news and bad news. The good news is that there’s been a steady shift in favor of marijuana legalization. The weed is now legal in many states (albeit often over–taxed). The bad news is that...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 5, 2024 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Like so many politicians from both parties, Joe Biden and his family have figured out how to personally profit from big government (one of the many reasons why Washington is a “wretched hive of scum and villainy“). Though I’ll be the first to admit...
by Dan Mitchell | May 11, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
A couple of weeks ago, I shared some good news about President Milei‘s efforts to rescue Argentina’s economy. Here’s a bit more of my optimism. You can see my entire interview on the Schilling Show by clicking here. If you do, you’ll...
