by Dan Mitchell | Sep 11, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve repeatedly cited monthly data from the Labor Department to show that workers have struggled during the Biden-Harris years because inflation has increased faster than wages. Those monthly numbers specifically show that workers...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 17, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
In the words of Yogi Berra, the 2024 presidential race is “Deja vu all over again.” Except it is Kamala Harris and Donald Trump competing to make government bigger instead of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump doing the same thing. Harris and Trump both...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs
I want Reaganism/Thatcherism mostly because I support good policy, but I also think small-government conservatism is good politics (my 4th Theorem). Especially compared to big-government conservatism, which suffered a landslide loss yesterday...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 22, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Back in February, I debunked a Washington Post story that tried to portray Biden’s economy as being successful merely because the U.S. was out-performing Europe. That’s true, but hardly a big achievement. More important, that type of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 29, 2024 | Blogs, Education
Back in 2013, I asked readers to vote for their favorite political cartoonist. The third-place winner was the unknown person who put together a Wizard-of-Id parody that cleverly illustrated how redistribution programs undermine the work ethic. If I did...
