by Dan Mitchell | Oct 26, 2023 | Blogs, Economic Growth
Why is Argentina’s presidential election the most important political contest of 2023? For the simple reason that Argentina’s economy is the biggest tragedy of the past 100 years. Reversing the country’s decline is a major challenge....
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 16, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
Because of pervasive statism by both Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, the 1930s were the worst decade in American economic history. No economic growthHigh unemploymentConfiscatory tax ratesGrowth of governmentFederal Reserve...
by Dan Mitchell | Oct 4, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs
I am not bullish about China’s economy. Even 10 or more years ago, when many people thought China was going to be the economic superpower of the 21st century, I poured cold water on those predictions. Simply stated, China suffers from too...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 21, 2023 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Russia’s government has been appropriately criticized for invading Ukraine, but let’s focus today on Putin’s economic mismanagement. I’m motivated by this tweet from a professor at the University of Chicago. He points out that Russians were richer than...
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 20, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Since I’m a policy wonk with a keen interest in international and comparative economics, I write every year (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, etc) about the annual release of Economic Freedom of the World, published by the Fraser Institute in...
