by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Yesterday’s column mocked the the socialist mayoral candidate who won the Democratic primary in New York City. As I noted, Zohran Mamdani is an AOC-style hard-core leftist who wants to travel in the wrong direction as far and as fast as Javier...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 29, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
We’re approaching the mid-point of the year and I’ve already shared three candidates for counter-tweet of the year. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think capitalism is correlated with poverty. Slapping down a leftist who wanted people to think China...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 18, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
New York City seems to be a contradiction, a place with terrible governance yet also a city of immense riches. How can this be the case? The short answer is that NYC became rich because, for much of its history, capitalism flourished and government was...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2022 | Blogs, Tax Competition, Taxation
The economic outlook in New York (both the state and the city) has been very depressing in recent years. New York is ranked #50 in the Economic Freedom of North America.New York is ranked #48 in the State Business Tax...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 30, 2022 | Blogs, Taxation
Back in 2020, I warned that then-Mayor Bill de Blasio was setting the stage for fiscal crisis. During his eight years in office, he violated fiscal policy’s golden rule by increasing the burden of government spending at three times the rate of...
