by Dan Mitchell | Jun 9, 2025 | Blogs, Trade
In the final minute of this video on trade deficits, I explained that protectionism is a political loser for the Republican Party. But I didn’t delve deeply into the politics of protectionism. I merely noted that today’s Republican lawmakers were concerned. And for...
by Dan Mitchell | May 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Welfare and Entitlements
Here are five grim – but uncontestable – facts about America’s dicey fiscal future. The federal government’s budget is very large today and is expected to get much larger in the future. Entitlement programs are the primary reason why federal spending is an...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 16, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Taxation
Time for another edition of my series on “Fiscal Fights with Friends,” where I debunk supposed conservatives who advocate for statist policies. Today’s topic is tax increases, an issue that I’ve had to address before (examples can be found here, here,...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 15, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
My recent book explains that we are stumbling our way to a fiscal crisis. If there’s any hope of avoiding a disaster, it will probably happen when and if good members of Congress (a vanishing breed) refuse to allow an increase in the debt...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 2, 2024 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending
In the pre-Trump era, I used to ask whether Republicans were fiscally responsible Reaganites or big-spending Bushies. In recent years, the question has become whether the GOP is a small-government Reagan party or a big-government Trump party....
