by Brian Garst | May 4, 2022 | Big Government, Blogs, Financial Privacy
In a recent op-ed, CF&P President Andrew Quinlan looked at some ways that politicians are responding to the invasion of Ukraine, just as they have crises in the past, to advance unrelated political agendas: [N]ew calls to restrict liberties began almost as soon as...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 3, 2022 | Blogs, Economics
Since I wrote yesterday about Ukraine’s terrible economic policy, fairness requires that I make the same points about Russia’s similarly dirigiste system. We’ll start with Russia’s scores from the latest edition of Economic Freedom of the World. Not...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2022 | Blogs, Economics, Free Market
Regarding Russia’s reprehensible attack on Ukraine, I’ve written three columns. Russian oligarchs don’t deserve much sympathy because they got their riches through cronyism rather than capitalism.Western nations should weaken Putin by...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 26, 2022 | Blogs, Uncategorized
One can be against war with Russia, against Ukrainian membership in NATO, and even be skeptical about NATO’s continued existence, but still cheer for Ukraine as it defends itself from Putin’s aggression. There are even some peaceful steps that the...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 31, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
I don’t like it when poor people receive handouts from government, though not because I think they’re being grifters. I mostly view them as victims who are vulnerable to getting trapped in the quicksand of government dependency. The people I despise are the rich...
