by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The New York Times is going overboard with disingenuous columns. A few days ago, I pointed out the many errors in David Leonhardt’s column extolling the wealth tax. I also explained back in August how Steven Greenhouse butchered the data when he condemned the American...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 4, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
I periodically mock the New York Times when editors, reporters, and columnists engage in sloppy and biased analysis. Claiming Medicaid cuts in a piece that shows rising outlays for the program. Asserting that government schools are “starved of funding” when taxpayer...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 9, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Keynesian
Given the repeated failures of Keynesian economic policy, both in America and around the world, you would think the theory would be discredited. Or at least be treated with considerable skepticism by anyone with rudimentary knowledge of economic affairs. Apparently...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2019 | Blogs, Health Care
There’s a long and sordid history of people in Western nations acting as dupes and apologists for communism. This is especially the case with the wretchedly impoverished totalitarian outpost 90 miles south of Florida. President Obama lauded aspects of Cuba’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 25, 2018 | Blogs, Health Care
I periodically mock the New York Times when editors, reporters, and columnists engage in sloppy and biased analysis. Claiming Medicaid cuts in a piece that shows rising outlays for the program. Asserting that government schools are “starved of funding” when taxpayer...
