by Dan Mitchell | Dec 2, 2024 | Blogs
I like profits. But let me qualify that statement. I like profits that are the result of businesses providing goods and services that consumers value. Those profits are earned. By contrast, I don’t like it when businesses get in bed with government and...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 11, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
Paul Krugman isn’t always wrong. A few years ago, for instance, he admitted the Laffer Curve is real. And he even once wrote something sensible about tax policy. But those are the exceptions. His usual routine is to pontificate in favor of bigger...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Over the past few months, I’ve written a 7-part series on Bidenomics, reviewing the president’s record on issues such as subsidies, inflation, protectionism, household income, fiscal policy, red tape, and employment. Regarding the last item, a big problem is...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Taxation
While Paul Krugman sometimes misuses and misinterprets numbers for ideological reasons (see his errors regarding the United States, France, Canada, the United States, Estonia, Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom),...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 16, 2020 | Blogs, Economics
In my humble opinion, Ronald Reagan was the only president in my lifetime who deserves praise for both believing in liberty and delivering good results. His sound policies help to explain why the economy boomed after his policies were implemented, which is in stark...
