by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
What does World War I have to do with Obamanomics? There’s no real connection, of course, but it did give me an opportunity to present a good analogy. At a conference in London last week, I was discussing with some folks the state of the American economy and the role...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 21, 2015 | Blogs, Uncategorized
While I normally focus on jaw-dropping examples of hypocrisy by politicians, I realize that our beloved leaders also can be absurdly brazen in their exaggerations, deceptions, and prevarications. But sometimes you can’t help but be shocked by their chutzpah. Sort of...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
When I write about the “inbred corruption of Washington” or “Washington’s culture of corruption,” I’m not merely taking pot-shots at the political elite. I’m trying to make a very serious point about the way in which big government enables immoral behavior by both...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Back in 2013, I actually wrote something vaguely nice about HBO’s Bill Maher. Or at least I expressed approval for a point he made about the limits of class-warfare taxation. It’s now time to compensate for that action. Check out this interview. It’s about Obama’s new...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
My Cato Institute colleague Michael Tanner has produced some first-rate substantive research on issues. He produced a study showing that personal retirement accounts would have been a better deal than Social Security even for people who retired at the depth of the...
