by Dan Mitchell | Jan 18, 2016 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Welfare and Entitlements
Let’s dig into the issue of whether the United States should become more like France. In a 2014 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Stanford University’s Robert Hall wrote about America’s sub-par economic performance. His opening line was basically a...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 28, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Economics
I may have to change my mind. When asked a few years ago to pick which department in Washington most deserved to be eliminated, I chose the Department of Housing and Urban Development. And HUD unquestionably is a cesspool of waste, so it certainly should be shuttered....
by Dan Mitchell | Sep 19, 2015 | Big Government, Blogs, Government Spending, Health Care
Maybe it’s my snarky sense of humor, but I greatly enjoy when statists accidentally promote free markets and small government. It seems to happens quite a bit at the New York Times. A New York Times columnist, for instance, pushed for a tax-hiking fiscal agreement...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 10, 2015 | Blogs, Economics, Education
Over the past few years, Hillary Clinton has taken advantage of several opportunities to demonstrate that she doesn’t understand economics. Though that’s not a problem. I have friends who routinely demonstrate their economic ignorance by saying things that don’t make...
by Dan Mitchell | Jul 14, 2015 | Bailouts, Big Government, Blogs, Europe, Government Spending
I’ve shared lots of analysis (both serious and satirical) about the mess in Greece and I feel obliged to comment on the latest agreement for another bailout. But how many times can I write that the Greek government spends too much money and has a punitive tax system...
