by Dan Mitchell | Dec 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Europe, Tax Harmonization
My views on the European Union are summarized in my three–part series entitled “Yes to Globalization, No to Global Governance.” In other words, I liked the European Union in the past when it was basically a free-trade pact among European...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 11, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Socialism
In this new interview with John Stossel, I explained that cronyism and socialism are bad, while creative destruction is good. The discussion focuses on Trump’s troubling desire to have partial government ownership of various companies. I’ve already written...
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 | Nov 8, 2025 | Blogs, Economics
I’ve pointed out that Donald Trump and Joe Biden have very unfortunate similarities on issues such as trade and government spending. Sadly, it appears that they also like to engage in victim blaming when bad government policies lead...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 5, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
When I unveiled my Eighth Theorem of Government in 2020, my target was the head of the International Monetary Fund, a bureaucrat with a very generous tax-free salary who wanted other people to pay higher taxes to fund bigger welfare states. Her...
