by Dan Mitchell | Aug 14, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
When I visited Argentina last November to give some speeches, I expressed a lot of pessimism and rhetorically asked whether the country could be rescued. In a column earlier this month, I followed up with two reasons for why Argentina is a basket...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 24, 2023 | Blogs
In the past, I’ve referred to Switzerland as the world’s most sensible nation. Does that make it also the world’s best nation? I actually won’t try to answer that question, but we can say that Switzerland is the world’s most libertarian...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 17, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Americans have been losing trust in their governmental and civic institutions for decades. The former, in particular, provides a superficial comfort to libertarians, but may not lead to the sort of results we want. As my colleague Dan Mitchell often points out, bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 2, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Is the United States becoming more libertarian? In terms of social tolerance, there are reasons for optimism. The legal harassment of drug users is declining.Legal harassment of gay people has virtually disappeared. But when looking at economic issues,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 13, 2021 | Blogs, Health Care
Just like I’ve never had (until recently) any reason to define capitalism, I also have never felt any need to define libertarianism. Some people use the non-aggression principle, but that strikes me as more of a statement about how we should behave. What if...
