by Dan Mitchell | Dec 3, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs
If you ask what worries me about the incoming Trump Administration, I’ll immediately point to a bunch of policy issues. Will Trump be too timid to deal with the huge entitlement problem? Will Trump do a business-as-usual pork-filled infrastructure deal? Will Trump’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, VAT
I’m not the biggest fan of Paul Krugman in his role as a doctrinaire advocate of leftist policy (he used to be within the mainstream and occasionally point out the risks of government intervention in his former role as an academic economist). It’s not just that he...
by Dan Mitchell | May 21, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
I sometimes feel guilty when commenting on Paul Krugman’s work. In part, this is because I don’t want to give him any additional attention, but mostly it’s because it’s too easy. Like shooting fish in a barrel. His advocacy of Keynesian economics, for instance, makes...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 12, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Education
When I accuse my left-wing friends of deciding policy on the basis of feelings, intentions, and ideology, that’s not because I think those are bad motives. After all, I’m also guided by many of these factors. I have empathy for others, especially the disadvantaged. My...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
When I get my daily email from the editorial page of the New York Times, I scroll through to see whether there’s anything on economic issues I should read. As a general rule, I skip over Paul Krugman’s writings because he’s both predictable and partisan. But every so...
