by Dan Mitchell | Apr 7, 2023 | Blogs, Financial Privacy
There are many strains of libertarianism, everything from Randians to liberaltarians, from minarchists to anarcho-capitalists. I’m guessing the one thing they all have in common is a distrust of politicians and government. Simply stated, we...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I don’t like Joe Biden’s economic policies, though that’s hardly a surprise since I haven’t liked the policies of any president this century (I’ve referred to Bush, Obama, and Trump as the “three stooges of big government“). Other people have a more...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 30, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
I’ve written dozens of articles about the Laffer Curve and most of that verbiage can be summarized in these five points. The Laffer Curve helps to illustrate that excessive tax rates result in less taxable activity.All public finance economists –...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Some of my Republican friends get irked when I point out that President Biden should not be blamed for surging prices. As I explained in March, we should instead blame the Federal Reserve for inflation. Moreover, the Fed’s big mistake started in...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Since I just landed in London, it appropriate that today’s column will be based on an article in the U.K.-based Economist. A recent issue of the magazine included an article lauding the Internal Revenue Service. Why? What could the bureaucrats have done to...
