by Dan Mitchell | Dec 28, 2011 | Blogs, Economics
The statists are making a big issue out of income inequality, hoping to convince ordinary Americans that redistribution is their only hope for a better life. I’ve explained with a pizza analogy that this is horribly misguided because it falsely assumes the economy is...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 8, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market
I’ve always been proud of my Irish heritage, but now I’m having to reconsider. As is so often the case when something goes awry, the blame belongs to a politician (this Craig Ferguson joke is right on the mark). Michael Higgins, the President-Elect of Ireland, has...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 5, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
I recently posted an excellent video showing how the War on Poverty has been a disaster for both taxpayers and poor people. Let’s now look at a specific example of the income-redistribution racket. Professor Thomas Sowell has a superb column, which begins by noting...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Oct 3, 2011 | Big Government, Blogs, Free Market, Government Spending, Welfare and Entitlements
The latest video from our Economics 101 Series tackles poverty, an issue frequently used to pull heart-strings in support of big government policies. But as the video shows, big government redistribution schemes are not making the problem better, and are likely making...
by CF&P | Oct 3, 2011 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation For Immediate Release Monday, October 3, 2011 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org New “Economics 101” Video from CF&P Exposes Failure of the War on Poverty, Calls for Free Markets for Upward Mobility (Washington,...
