by Dan Mitchell | Jul 28, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
In addition to his exemplary work as a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, Johan Norberg narrates some great videos for Free to Choose Media. Here are some that caught my eye. The foolish and counterproductive War on Drugs. A grim consequence of Cuban communism. The...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 4, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Time for another trip down Memory Lane to the early years of the Obama Administration. Two days ago, I wrote about the market-wrecking price controls in Obamacare. And yesterday, I shared a new study exposing the utter failure of Obama’s Cash-for-Clunkers scheme. Now...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Europe
I periodically share data showing that living standards are higher in the United States than in Europe. My goal isn’t to be jingoistic. Instead, I’m warning readers that we won’t be as prosperous if we copy our tax-and-spend friends on the other side of the Atlantic...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 10, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
If there was a ranking of international bureaucracies, the World Bank would be my favorite (or, to be more accurate, least unfavorite). Yes, it sometimes produces bad studies, but it also is the source of good research on topics such as government spending, Social...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 8, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
There are a lot of positive things to be said about Norway. Most impressive, it is the world’s #2-ranked nation for high-quality rule of law. It is in the top quartile of countries for economic liberty. When measuring non-fiscal factors, it is in the top-10 percent...
