by Dan Mitchell | Aug 9, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
My favorite annual publication is the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World, which measures the amount of economic liberty that exists in 159 nations. The rankings are based on five equally weighted categories, though I’ve always viewed “Legal System and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 2, 2018 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
There’s an easy way to judge whether countries have good economic policy or bad economic policy. Simply look at the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World and check out a nation’s absolute score as well as how it ranks relative to other nations. The EFW...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 5, 2018 | Blogs, Crime, Society
Here are two statements that seem in conflict. I don’t like marijuana. I want marijuana legalized. But there’s actually no conflict because we can decide that some things are distasteful without wanting to infringe on the freedom of others to partake. And you can make...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written several columns about the 100th anniversary of communism. I’ve looked at that evil ideology’s death toll, and I’ve written about the knaves and fools who defended and promoted communism in the west (included, sad to say, some...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 31, 2017 | Blogs, Health Care
In the eight years of writing this column, I’ve periodically confessed to certain fantasies. But you’ll notice that these fantasies don’t involve supermodels from Victoria’s Secret (though they did make a cameo appearance in one column). Instead, either because I’m...
