by Dan Mitchell | May 18, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs
Government breeds corruption by giving sleazy people a way of obtaining unearned wealth. Politicians and special interests are the winners and workers, consumers, and taxpayers are the losers. It’s easy to find examples....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 20, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
The best feature of libertarians is that we are very principled and look at everything through the lens of the non-aggression principle. By contrast, the worst feature of politics, as explained by the Ninth Theorem of Government, is that it encourages people look at...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 6, 2019 | Blogs, Economics
When comparing the Obama economy and the Reagan economy, I often used a database from the Minneapolis Federal Reserve that compared jobs and growth data during business cycles. That made sense since both presidents had an economic expansion that began relatively early...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 1, 2019 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I have a confession. I miss Obama. On the issue of guns, at least. He was so wrong, yet so ineffective, that it was almost funny. Heck, it was funny. Fortunately, he’s decided to make an encore performance. So there’s a new opportunity to puncture his pious...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
During his final days in office, I gave a thumbs-down assessment of Barack Obama’s presidency. Simply stated, he increased the burden of government during his tenure, and that led to anemic economic numbers. Now the economy seems to be doing a bit better, which is...
