by Dan Mitchell | Nov 26, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
It isn’t fair to compare and contrast the views of a distinguished economist with the envious ramblings of a career politician/community activist. But it’s also not right for the government to use coercion to impose bad policy, so I don’t feel guilty about sharing...
by Dan Mitchell | Aug 23, 2011 | Blogs, Crime, Society
After World War II, some Germans tried to defend venal behavior by claiming that they were “just following orders” from their government. Governments in America have never done anything nearly as awful as the Nazis, but there certainly are some very unpleasant...
by Dan Mitchell | May 12, 2011 | Blogs, Economics, Minimum Wage
Professor Walter Williams comments on new research showing how the minimum wage is hurting African-American employment. Last week, two labor economists, Professors William Even (Miami University of Ohio) and David Macpherson (Trinity University), released a study for...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I’ve been fortunate to know Walter Williams ever since I began my Ph.D. studies at George Mason University in the mid-1980s. He is a very good economist, but his real value is as a public intellectual. He also has a remarkable personal story, which he tells in his new...
by Dan Mitchell | Feb 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I haven’t commented on what’s been happening in Libya, Egypt, and the rest of the Arab world. This isn’t because I don’t care, but rather because I don’t have much knowledge about the area and I’m not sure what, if anything, the United States should do. Or could do. I...
