by Dan Mitchell | Mar 20, 2018 | Blogs, Financial Privacy
Beginning in the 1980s, money-laundering laws were enacted in hopes of discouraging criminal activity by making it harder for crooks to use the banking system. Unfortunately, this approach has been an expensive failure. They don’t reduce crime or discourage bad...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 22, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I wrote three days ago about the worst-international-bureaucracy contest between the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. A reader emailed to ask me whether I had a favorite international bureaucracy. I confess...
by CF&P | Jan 26, 2018 | News, Press Releases
Center for Freedom and Prosperity For Immediate Release Friday, January 26, 2018 202-285-0244 www.freedomandprosperity.org Coalition Calls for Congress Not to Interfere With SEC Rulemaking on Paperless Delivery of Mutual Fund Reports (Washington, D.C., Friday, January...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 4, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
I was not optimistic about a Trump presidency. Before the 2016 election, I characterized him as a “statist” and a “typical big-government Republican.” I’ve also criticized his policies on entitlements, trade, child care, capital gains taxation, government spending,...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 5, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs, Regulations
Too much government can be hazardous to your health. But I’m not talking about government killing you because you bet on a football game. And I’m not talking about government killing you for selling an untaxed cigarette. Nor am I talking about government killing...
