by Dan Mitchell | Nov 10, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market, Socialism
The amazing reforms in Argentina are the big story in Latin America. Javier Milei’s libertarian agenda is rescuing an economy that was mired in long-run stagnation because of Peronism, so it’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
From a wonky economic perspective, fascism is a system based on nominal private ownership but de facto government control. For most people, however, I think George Orwell had the best description. Fascism is simply something you don’t like,...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 9, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I put a lot of focus on “convergence” and “divergence” because economic theory says rich countries should not grow faster than poor countries. So when there are examples of divergence, especially when looking at decades of data, we can learn very important...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 7, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
When I wrote about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani a few months ago, here was my main takeaway. Mamdani is an AOC-style hard-core leftist who wants to travel in the wrong direction as far and as fast as Javier Milei is traveling...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 25, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
I’ve written several articles about the failure of Cuban socialism (2024, 2022, 2021, 2019, and 2016). My leftist friends almost always respond by claiming that U.S.-imposed trade restrictions are the primary reason for Cuba’s terrible economy....
