by Dan Mitchell | Aug 26, 2019 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’m getting worried that Senator Bernie Sanders is fading in the polls. That doesn’t make me happy. I want Crazy Bernie to stay relevant. Why? Because he’s an endless source of clever satire. Previous editions of Bernie humor can be found here and here. For today’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 15, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s difficult to be optimistic about some parts of the world. When I look at Greece and Italy, for instance, I can’t help but think that economic renaissance is very unlikely, in part because of demographics, but even more so because voters have been conditioned to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 26, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Cuba has a very sad history. It traded a regular dictatorship for a communist dictatorship six decades ago, and the results have been predictably awful. Oppression, persecution, rationing, spying, deprivation, and suffering are facts of life in that socialist...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 25, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I’ve applauded China’s economic progress. It’s economic liberty score jumped from 3.64 in 1980 to 6.46 in the most recent edition of Economic Freedom of the World. That shift toward markets (which started in a village) helped to dramatically reduce poverty and turn...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 20, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Society
As part of my collection of pro-and-con libertarian humor, I’ve shared some images of “Libertarian Jesus.” Libertarian Jesus I Libertarian Jesus II (though I suppose this is actually an example of anti-Libertarian Jesus) Libertarian Jesus III There’s another...
