by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Energy, Regulations
When writing about the burden of regulation, I often share big numbers about aggregate cost, job losses, time wasted, and foregone growth. But I sometimes wonder if such data is effective in the battle for good policy. Maybe it’s better, at least in some cases, to...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jul 15, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on Inside Sources on July 9, 2015, and syndicated in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Far too many Americans live paycheck to paycheck. For most the cause is just overspending and too little saving, but others struggle simply to earn enough to survive....
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 5, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Monetary Policy, Regulations
I appreciate tax havens for many reasons, mostly having to do with the importance of having some sort of external constraint on the tendency of politicians to over-tax and over-spend. But I also like these low-tax jurisdictions for non-tax reasons. And high on my list...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 27, 2015 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations
When debating and discussing the 2008 financial crisis, there are two big questions. And the answers to these questions are important because the wrong “narrative” could lead to decades of bad policy (much as a mistaken narrative about the Great Depression enabled bad...
by Andrew F. Quinlan | Jun 19, 2015 | Opinion and Commentary
This article appeared on The Blaze on June 18, 2015. Whenever a large number of media outlets all notice the same story not involving a public figure or obviously newsworthy event, and then all report it from the same perspective within a short period of time, there’s...
