by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations, Trade
Since both political parties have sent good and bad people to the White House, I don’t think it makes much sense to compare all Democratic presidents vs all Republican presidents. But we can learn a lot by looking at the track record of specific presidents....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
Yesterday was my review of the best and worst policy developments in 2020. Today, I’ll share my hopes and fears for 2021. These are not predictions (economists have a terrible track record when try to make forecasts). Instead, these are merely good and bad things that...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 29, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Regulations
Every so often, I highlight tweets that deserve attention because they say something important, usually in a clever and succinct fashion. Best-ever tweet about inequality. Best tweet about capitalism vs socialism. The most depressing tweet. Trump’s worst-ever tweet....
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 27, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
When I write an everything-you-need-to-know column, I’m inevitably guilty of hyperbole. All that I’m really doing is highlighting a very compelling example of how politicians make a mess of just about anything they touch. That’s even true in the rare cases when...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 20, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
Regulatory policy is one of the five ingredients in the recipe for growth and prosperity. Ideally, there should be a minimal amount of red tape, and it should be governed by sensible cost-benefit analysis (i.e., so it deals with genuine externalities such as...
