by Dan Mitchell | Jan 27, 2018 | Blogs, Society
Last September, Economic Freedom of the World was released, which was sort of like Christmas for wonks who follow international economic policy. I eagerly combed through that report, which (predictably) had Hong Kong and Singapore as the top two jurisdictions. I was...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
The United Nations has proposed a set of “sustainable development goals.” Most of them seem unobjectionable. After all, presumably everyone wants things such as less poverty, a cleaner environment, better education, and more growth, right? That being said, I’m...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 20, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Back in 2013, I put together a visual showing the good and bad policies that were enacted during the Clinton years. The big takeaway was that the overall burden of government was substantially reduced during his years in office. Two days ago, I did the same thing for...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 18, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
A few days ago, using several methodologies, I calculated how fast government spending increased during the presidencies of Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. One of my big...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 29, 2017 | Blogs, Economics
A new annual edition of Economic Freedom of the World has been released. The first thing that everyone wants to know is how various nations are ranked. Let’s start at the bottom. I can’t imagine that anybody will be surprised to learn that Venezuela is in last place,...
