by Dan Mitchell | Oct 23, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation, Trade
I’m not a fan of the International Monetary Fund, mostly because of the bureaucracy’s support for bailouts and higher taxes. Those are terrible policies for the global economy. If you want to add insult to injury, the IMF’s forecasting ability also...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 4, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Four years ago, I shared a video that explained that 19th century cronyism and industrial policy in America was just as wasteful, corrupt, and ineffective as the 20th century version (think Japan) or the 21st century version...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2024 | Blogs, Trade
Six years ago, I wrote a column explaining why America’s growth in the 1800s was not because of punitive trade taxes. Let’s look at that issue again, starting with this video from Johan Norberg. I’m motivated to revisit the topic because Trump recently...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2024 | Blogs, Trade
In 2019, the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released this video documenting the benefits of free trade. The case for free trade between nations is the same as the case for free trade between states. Or between cities. Or between households. Economists...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2024 | Blogs, Trade
Today’s column is about international trade, but I’m not going to regurgitate my usual arguments about the benefits of free trade or get wonky about creative destruction. Instead, I’m going to make a point about the glib, hypocritical,...
