by Dan Mitchell | Aug 21, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
I’m worried. There’s a lot of talk in Washington about Trump trying to goose the economy with either Keynesian monetary policy or Keynesian fiscal policy. It would be much better, as I discuss in this interview with Yahoo Finance, if Trump instead declared a ceasefire...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
Looking at issues such as mobility, fairness, and inequality, I’ve recently shared excellent videos from Russ Roberts and John Stossel. I also had an opportunity to discuss these issues yesterday on CNBC. As you can see, I started with a political observation about...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 11, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Socialism is a joke. It doesn’t work. And it is so often a gateway to totalitarianism. But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. In this interview, I express my concern that the United States has passed a tipping point. In the discussion, I included my usual caveat...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I cared a lot about the 1995-96 shutdown and the 2013 shutdown because those were battles involving the size and scope of government. But I don’t have a dog in the current fight over immigration and border security. That being said, I told Neil Cavuto that there are...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2018 | Blogs
After the horrific school shooting in Parkland, Florida, I explained that the gun-control policies being pushed by left-leaning students such as David Hogg would be utterly ineffective at deterring evil people. But give the kid credit. He’s fully exploiting his 15...
