by Dan Mitchell | Sep 17, 2017 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Back in 2015, I mocked Venezuelan socialism because it led to shortages of just about every product. Including toilet paper. But maybe that doesn’t matter. After all, if people don’t have anything to eat, they probably don’t have much need to visit the bathroom....
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
I wrote last week about evil of totalitarian ideologies such as communism and fascism and pointed out that both antifa and Nazis should be treated with complete disdain and ostracism. And that led me to find common ground with my left-of-center friends, even though I...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 24, 2017 | Blogs, Uncategorized
At the risk of making myself unpopular with some of my fellow libertarians, not all forms of government coercion are created equal. I don’t like redistribution in the United States. I recognize that such programs are financed with taxes and that the internal revenue...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 13, 2017 | Blogs
Back in June, I wrote about the bizarre allure of socialism and said that advocates (who generally don’t even know what socialism really means) were some of the most anti-empirical people in the world. …even though the real-world evidence against big government is so...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 18, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
Back in 2014, I wrote a column asking my leftist friends two very serious questions. And I often repeat these questions when debating proponents of bigger government. Can you name a nation that became rich with statist policies? Can you name a nation that with...
