by Dan Mitchell | Aug 6, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
There are many reasons to mock California voters and politicians. And there are also plenty of reasons to make fun of San Francisco voters and politicians. But what about the state’s other big city? Don’t politicians and voters in Los...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 3, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
The economic analysis of taxation has plenty of jargon, statistical analysis, and complicated graphs, which can make it seem very mysterious to ordinary people. But the core principles are actually very easy to understand. Simply stated,...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2023 | Blogs
Libertarians have a knee-jerk desire to shrink the footprint of government, even advocating for unconventional ideas such as private roads, private mail delivery, private pensions, private money, and private air traffic control. And, as captured by this Reason video,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s not easy to identify America’s worst-governed city. You can make a case for jurisdictions such as San Francisco, Detroit, New York City, Minneapolis, or Seattle. For what it’s worth, there is statistical research from last...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 7, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs
Local politicians can be just as greedy and callous as state politicians and national politicians. Even if it means mistreating poor people. Perhaps the best evidence for the preceding sentence is the way that traffic cameras are used to...
