by Dan Mitchell | May 26, 2024 | Blogs, Economics
Not everyone has appreciated my efforts to promote economic liberty over the past 40 years. The most common attack is “you don’t care about the poor” even though I’m pushing for the only economic system that has a track record of successfully...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2024 | Blogs, Taxation
Three years ago, I debunked a very sloppy report about tax policy. The authors, David Hope and Julian Limberg, wanted readers to believe that lower marginal tax rates did not improve economic performance. But there were major methodological flaws...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 5, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Supply Side, Taxation
When trying to educate someone about the importance of low marginal tax rates, what’s the most-convincing visual? A supply-and-demand graph? A philoso-raptor meme? A cartoon with two doors? A Dan Mitchell hypothetical? I’m partial to...
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 11, 2024 | Blogs, Economics, Taxation
There are three reasons to be a knee-jerk supporter of tax cuts (or to be a knee-jerk opponent of tax increases). The morality-driven libertarian argument that people should be able to keep the income they earn.The starve-the-beast...
by Dan Mitchell | Nov 14, 2023 | Blogs, Economics, Laffer Curve, Supply Side, Taxation
In Part I of this series, I looked at Ronald Reagan’s reasonably successful track record on government spending (which could be characterized as fantastically successful when compared to other Republican presidents) and explained why we need...
