by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2026 | Blogs, Bureaucracy
The good news is that I spent the past seven days in Buenos Aires as part of “Javier Milei Week.” The bad news is that I’m now heading back home, and that meant a stop in Houston this morning and another fun encounter with...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 18, 2026 | Blogs, Regulations
Part I of this series reviewed the horrible economic conditions that plagued Argentina when Javier Milei took office. Part II looked at Milei’s spending restraint and some of the subsequent improvements in fiscal outcomes. For today’s column, let’s focus on what Milei...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs
Based on economic trends, I don’t want the United States to copy Canada. But there is one big exception. As explained by John Stossel, we should copy our northern neighbors and privatize air traffic control. I harbor a special distaste for government...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 13, 2025 | Blogs, Society
While I have a few opinions related to fires and natural disasters (government firefighters are usually overpaid, FEMA shouldn’t exist, etc), I’m not going to comment on how government officials in California have handled the fire. Simply stated, I...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market
Governments oftentimes are spectacularly incompetent. And when that happens, it creates an opening for the private sector to step up in rather unexpected ways. I’ve even created a semi-serious, semi-satirical series to commemorate these examples....
