by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
I thought I found the sure winner of the counter-tweet of the year back in February when @jmhorp debunked a silly and illiterate tweet from @ATLCWorker. The inescapable conclusion from that exchange was that capitalism is the best...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 10, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Taxation
As I explained in this 2010 video, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is an international bureaucracy based in Paris that advocates for higher taxes and bigger government. I then wrote in 2011 that eliminating subsidies for this...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 28, 2025 | Blogs, Economics, Socialism
Building on Part I, Part II, and Part III of this series, here’s a video debunking some online socialists who are inexplicably popular. As you can see, the video cites real socialists – i.e., people who defend policies such as government ownership of the means of...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 13, 2025 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics
Because it has universal application, the recipe for growth and prosperity is like a Swiss Army knife. It is the best approach for rich nations. It is the best approach for poor nations. It’s also the best approach for war-damaged nations. The last...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 10, 2025 | Blogs
I mocked economists yesterday. To be more specific, I eviscerated 108 leftist economists who signed a letter warning that Javier Milei’s libertarian agenda would be bad for Argentina. They now look like idiots given that country’s amazing turnaround....
