by Dan Mitchell | Aug 20, 2017 | Blogs, Free Market
Since my job is to proselytize on behalf of economic liberty, I’m always trying to figure out what motivates people. To be blunt, I’ll hopefully be more effective if I understand how they decide what policies to support. That’s a challenge when dealing with my friends...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I like sharing topical items around the 4th of July. In 2010, I contemplated the challenging issue of libertarians and patriotism. My view, for what it’s worth, is captured by this t-shirt. In 2011, I pondered research about the partisan implications of patriotism and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 14, 2016 | Blogs, Free Market, Health Care
Economists are sometimes considered to be a bit odd, and the same thing is sometimes said about libertarians. And since I’m a libertarian economist, I realize that makes me doubly suspect. So when I’ve written about the desirability of market-based organ transplants...
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 5, 2016 | Blogs, States
Proponents of liberty generally are big fans of federalism. In part, this is simply an issue of “good governance” since both voters and lawmakers at the state and local level are more likely to actually understand the real issues in communities and be able to develop...
