by Dan Mitchell | Feb 17, 2018 | Blogs
In TV debates, I’ve asserted that folks on the left are “neurotic” and “guilt-ridden.” And I shared a make-believe divorce agreement that exploited every negative stereotype about left wingers. So I’m not averse to philosophical mockery, at least if it’s done with...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 10, 2018 | Blogs, Crime, Society
In my first column on jury nullification, I applauded ordinary citizens for producing a not-guilty verdict when the federal government tried to impose bad U.S. tax law on a Swiss banker who lived in Switzerland and obeyed Swiss law. Simply stated, borders should...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2018 | Blogs, Society
Last September, Economic Freedom of the World was released, which was sort of like Christmas for wonks who follow international economic policy. I eagerly combed through that report, which (predictably) had Hong Kong and Singapore as the top two jurisdictions. I was...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 6, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Crime, Society
When I explain to people how the government’s War on Drugs violates the rights of people to do dumb things to their own bodies, they intellectually understand but they’re usually not convinced. When I also explain why the Drug War causes additional crime and enriches...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 4, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
The late Mancur Olsen was a very accomplished academic economist who described the unfortunate tendency of vote-seeking governments to behave like “stationary bandits,” seeking to extract the maximum amount of money from taxpayers. I’m not nearly as sophisticated, so...
