by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
When asked about tax loopholes, my first reaction is to determine whether something is an actual tax preference or merely a mitigation of a tax penalty. And that means understanding the “tax base.” For instance, IRAs and 401(k)s are not loopholes. They are a way...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 22, 2024 | Blogs, Economic Growth
About 12 years ago, there was a controversial claim (based in part on some of my analysis) that Obama was the most fiscally conservative president of the 1980-2012 period, which includes Reagan. I crunched the numbers to show where that claim was true...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 3, 2024 | Blogs, Free Market
Every so often, I can’t resist pointing out extreme examples of media bias. Washington Post New York Times Reuters Time ABC Associated Press New York Times (again) Washington Post (again) New York Times (again) My goal is not to fixate...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 2, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
I rarely comment about media bias, but sometimes there is an example that demands attention. For today’s column, I want to examine a four-question quiz on the Biden economy put together by the Washington Post. The first...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
Writing about the economic tragedy of Argentina, I’ve explained that one major problem is inflation, thanks to that country’s version of “modern monetary theory.” This is not a trivial problem. Here’s a chart, from a recent...
