by Dan Mitchell | Jun 7, 2018 | Blogs, Free Market
The good news is that Donald Trump is not imitating all of Herbert Hoover’s statist policies. The bad news, as I explain in this interview, is that his protectionist mistakes could trigger a repeat of Hoover’s beggar-thy-neighbor protectionism that wreaked havoc in...
by Dan Mitchell | May 28, 2018 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I expressed my disapproval yesterday about the pro-Stalin propaganda in Gori, Georgia. Yes, I realize he’s the most noteworthy person to be born in that town, but that’s hardly a reason to acknowledge – much less celebrate – the life of a totalitarian butcher. In...
by Dan Mitchell | May 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
In 2016, I toured the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia, which memorializes the victims of communist butchery in that nation. Earlier today, I was lucky enough to get a tour through the House of Terror, a museum in Budapest that commemorates the horrors that...
by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2018 | Blogs
Why are there so few liberty-oriented societies compared to the number of places with statist governments? And why does it seem like the size and scope of government keeps expanding around the world? If I’m feeling optimistic, I’ll disagree with the tone of those...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 19, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
The good news is that some honest leftists have thrown in the towel and now openly admit that capitalism generates more prosperity. They still don’t want free markets, of course. For ideological reasons, they continue to push for a big welfare state. But at least they...
