by Dan Mitchell | Jan 20, 2021 | Big Government, Blogs, Economics, Regulations, Trade
Since both political parties have sent good and bad people to the White House, I don’t think it makes much sense to compare all Democratic presidents vs all Republican presidents. But we can learn a lot by looking at the track record of specific presidents....
by Dan Mitchell | Jan 1, 2021 | Blogs, Taxation, Trade
Yesterday was my review of the best and worst policy developments in 2020. Today, I’ll share my hopes and fears for 2021. These are not predictions (economists have a terrible track record when try to make forecasts). Instead, these are merely good and bad things that...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 26, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
In early 2019, I released this video summarizing some of the evidence for free trade. The bad news is that I must not be very persuasive. Trump continued with protectionist policy. The good news is that we now have more evidence against that form of government...
by Dan Mitchell | May 15, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Last year, I released this video to help explain why the World Trade Organization has been a good deal for the United States. My argument was – and still is – very straightforward, and it’s based on two simple propositions. Free trade is good because societies are...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 22, 2020 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
One year ago, I shared this video to explain why a “trade deficit” doesn’t matter, in large part because it is simply a result of foreigners wanting to invest in America’s economy with some of the dollars they earn. We also have a trade deficit, I pointed out, because...
