by Dan Mitchell | Jun 15, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
At the risk of understatement, I’m not a fan of Keynesian economics. The disdain is even apparent in the titles of my columns. Notwithstanding Keynesian Fantasies, Redistribution Does Not Stimulate Growth Japan’s Descent into Keynesian Parody Has Keynesian Economics...
by Dan Mitchell | May 22, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
Back in 2010, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi actually claimed that paying people not to work would be good for the economy. Wow, that’s almost as bizarre as Paul Krugman’s assertion that war is good for growth. Professor Dorfman of the University of Georgia remembers...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 1, 2016 | Blogs, Economics, Financial Privacy, Keynesian, Monetary Policy
Although it doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it warrants, one of the greatest threats to liberty and prosperity is the potential curtailment and elimination of cash. As I’ve previously noted, there are two reasons why statists don’t like cash and instead would...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 19, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending
I don’t know whether Keynesian economics is best described as a perpetual motion machine or a Freddy Krueger movie (or perhaps even the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz), but it’s safe to say I’ll be fighting this pernicious theory until my last breath....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 28, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Government Spending, Keynesian
If everyone has a cross to bear in life, mine is the perplexing durability of Keynesian economics. I thought the idea was dead when Keynesians incorrectly said you couldn’t have simultaneously rising inflation and unemployment like we saw in the 1970s. Then I thought...
