by Dan Mitchell | May 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Bernie Sanders is a delusional hard-core statist, but that’s part of what makes him attractive for some voters. Simply stated, they think he’s authentic rather than a finger-in-the-wind politician. But I’m not so sure that’s true. I pointed out in 2015 that he’s not...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Education
In June 2017, I shared an image and made the bold claim that it told us everything we needed to know about government. In July 2017, I shared a story and similarly asserted that it told us everything we needed to know about government. In that grand tradition of...
by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2018 | Blogs, Education
Canada is a surprisingly pro-market country, with relatively sensible policies involving spending restraint, welfare reform, corporate tax reform, bank bailouts, regulatory budgeting, the tax treatment of saving, and privatization of air traffic control. And we should...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 22, 2018 | Blogs, Education
I wrote yesterday about the global evidence showing that more money does not improve the lackluster performance of government schools. Those results are not surprising because we see the same thing in the United States. More money is good for the education...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 21, 2018 | Blogs, Education
I’ve written several times about how dumping more money into government schools is not a recipe for improved education. Indeed, I would argue that this chart is the most powerful image I’ve ever seen. More and more money gets plowed into the system (even after...
