by Dan Mitchell | Apr 6, 2023 | Blogs, Free Market
Governments oftentimes are spectacularly incompetent. And when that happens, it creates an opening for the private sector to step up in rather unexpected ways. I’ve even created a semi-serious, semi-satirical series to commemorate these examples....
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2022 | Blogs, Education
You can find examples of libertarianism in some very unexpected places. MexicoNigeriaSomaliaGermanyArgentina What’s particularly interesting are the examples of how private governance is evolving in developing nations. These are real-world example of...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
The folks who don’t want to let a crisis go to waste have been very busy in the era of coronavirus, pushing an ever-expanding menu of bad ideas. Propping up high-tax states such as New York, Illinois, and California by restoring the tax code’s deduction for state and...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 31, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Trade
One of my annual traditions is to share the “best and worst news” for each year. I started in 2013, and continued in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. Looking back, 2016 clearly was the best year, though entirely because of things that happened overseas (the Brits vote for...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 21, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
I’m at the Capetown Airport, about to leave South Africa, so this is an opportune time to share some thoughts on what I learned in the past seven days. 1. Land Seizures – The number-one issue in the country is a plan by the government to impose Zimbabwe-style land...
