by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market, Trade
President Trump’s view of global trade is so bizarre, risky, uninformed, misguided, and self-destructive that I periodically try to maintain my sanity by reviewing the wisdom of one of America’s greatest presidents. Ronald Reagan’s remarks in 1985 about the...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2018 | Blogs, Economics
The good news is that President Trump wants to boost economic growth, which is a laudable goal after the economy’s sub-par performance during the Obama years. The bad news is that he may sabotage his good reforms of tax policy and regulation with protectionism. In a...
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 16, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
I’ve learned that it’s more important to pay attention to hard numbers rather than political rhetoric. Republicans, for instance, love to beat their chests about spending restraint, but I never believe them without first checking the numbers. Likewise, Democrats have...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 30, 2017 | Blogs, Taxation
I’m currently in Iceland for a conference organized by the European Students for Liberty. I spoke earlier today on the case for lower taxes and I made six basic points. Taxes undermine prosperity. Taxes reduce competitiveness. Taxes are self-destructive. Taxes are...
