by Dan Mitchell | Aug 30, 2015 | Blogs, Economics
Socialism is an economic failure. International socialism didn’t work in the Soviet Union. National socialism didn’t work in Germany. And democratic socialism, while avoiding the horrors of its communist and Nazi cousins, also has been a flop. Socialism fails because...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 3, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
At the risk of upsetting a certain type of feminist, I’m going to openly admit that I believe in chivalry. And that means more than just holding open doors for women or giving up my seat on a bus. Because of my old-fashioned values, I also believe in helping out when...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 4, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Since almost everybody wants a society that is just, that presumably means we all favor “social justice.” But in the American political system, the phrase has been adopted by those who favor bigger government and more intervention. Sort of the way “solidarity” and...
by Dan Mitchell | May 2, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs
It’s not often that I disagree with the folks who put together the Wall Street Journal editorial page. For instance, they just published a great editorial on that cesspool of cronyism and corruption that is otherwise known as the Export-Import Bank. Isn’t it great...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 6, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Taxation
Back in 2013, I actually wrote something vaguely nice about HBO’s Bill Maher. Or at least I expressed approval for a point he made about the limits of class-warfare taxation. It’s now time to compensate for that action. Check out this interview. It’s about Obama’s new...
