by Dan Mitchell | Apr 18, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
This tweet is short and sweet, but, as Polonius said in Hamlet, “Brevity is the soul of wit.” Since I’ve written several indictments of Cuba’s decrepit economic performance (see here, here, here, here, here, here, and here), I...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 11, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
When writing about which jurisdictions have the most economic freedom or best tax regimes, I’ve sometimes groused that it would be very interesting if small micro-states were included. Lo and behold, some group called Factum Research has...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
There’s some amateur foreign-policy analysis in this video clip, but notice what I say about trends in Chinese economic policy. Today’s column is going to show that China’s economic improvement – indeed, its entire post World War II history – has a very simple...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 25, 2026 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism, Welfare and Entitlements
I’ve written a four-part series (here, here, here, and here) explaining why socialism is a bad idea, but let’s use today’s column to define this evil ideology. As I mentioned in the video, genuine socialism is based on three very specific concepts....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 3, 2026 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Nicolas Maduro was one of the worst dictators in the world. Between him an his socialist predecessor, Hugo Chavez, they turned the richest country in Latin America into a basket case. Living standards have collapsed. Millions of people have fled. Severe...
