by Dan Mitchell | May 7, 2019 | Big Government, Blogs, Bureaucracy, Taxation
I’m doing my third field trip to the United Nations. In 2012, I spoke at a conference that was grandiosely entitled, “The High Level Thematic Debate on the State of the World Economy.” I was a relatively lonely voice trying to explain that a bigger burden of...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 7, 2019 | Blogs, Economics, Trade
Donald Trump and other populist leaders frequently are condemned for undermining the “rules-based system” that is the basis of the “postwar order.” What exactly is meant by this criticism? In the case of Trump, is it disapproval of his protectionism? Yes, but that’s...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 25, 2018 | Big Government, Blogs
When writing about the statist agenda of international bureaucracies, I generally focus my attention on the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Today, let’s give some attention to the United Nations. Based on this...
by Dan Mitchell | Jun 24, 2018 | Blogs, Crime, Society
I don’t think I’m a glass-half-empty kind of person, but I realized that I have a habit of sharing “depressing” charts. The “most depressing” chart about Denmark. A “very depressing” chart about the United States. The “most depressing” chart about Japan. Well, as the...
by Dan Mitchell | Dec 26, 2017 | Big Government, Blogs
I expressed approval when Trump proposed to reduce U.S. funding for international bureaucracies, mostly because of my disdain for the statist policy agenda of the International Monetary Fund and Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Sadly, there’s has...
