by Dan Mitchell | Apr 9, 2026 | Blogs, Regulations
It’s easy to identify President Trump’s worst issue. It’s trade, of course, where his protectionist views and policies are economically illiterate. It’s also easy to identify his best issue. Trump has been very good about...
by Dan Mitchell | May 30, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
I’ve written many times about bad government policy in California (too many times to count), but I’ve only highlighted bad policy in Los Angeles four times over the past 16 years (here, here, here, and here). But something caught my eye that demands...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 25, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I first started writing about the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s annual report about red tape back in 2010. The newest edition was just released, so let’s take a depressing look at America’s regulatory burden. We’ll start with the chart showing...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations, States
When I write about regulation, it’s usually to highlight how red tape is causing bad outcomes in specific sectors (banking, child care, dentistry, credit cards, the Internet, etc). But I’m a big fan of jurisdictional...
by Dan Mitchell | May 3, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Biden has pushed federal spending to record levels and he wants to push taxes to record levels. He’s also maintained and extended Trump’s protectionist policies. And we all know about his track record on inflation (he didn’t...
