The other day my daughter, who is moving to Canada, and I were car-hunting at a Volkswagen dealership. During our …
An Amusing Examination of Socialism
I’m a big believer that some images do a great job of capturing an issue. The essential insight of supply-side economics. The …
Lessons from Europe on Welfare, Dependency, and Self-Reliance
America has a major dependency problem. In recent decades, there’s been a significant increase in the number of working-age adults …
Why Reagan Remains Highly Relevant Almost 30 Years Later
Have you noticed? Liberals are counseling conservatives to be “realistic” and no longer look to Ronald Reagan for answers to …
Which country has the same size economy as YOUR state?
Putting America’s enormous $19.4T economy into perspective by comparing US state GDPs to entire countries How important was international trade …
The Incomprehensible Horror of Venezuelan Socialism
It’s now a pattern. I’ll come across a soul-sapping story about terrible suffering caused by statism in Venezuela and I …
The Post Office: Doing All the Wrong Things in All the Wrong Ways
Government is awful at doing…just about everything. In no small part because of the rigid, unyielding dictates of human nature. …
Laughing at Socialism, both in Theory and Practice
I’m tempted to say that statism is sort of like a cult. Proponents of socialism and other big-government ideologies have a dogmatic zeal that …
For the government, on civil asset forfeiture, it’s all about the Benjamins
The Inspectors General of the Department of Justice and Treasury Department have each released a report on the civil asset …
In One Story, Everything You Need to Know about Big Government and Small Business
All things considered, I like small businesses more than big businesses. Not because I’m against large companies, per se, but …
Help Veterans by Abolishing the Veterans Administration and the rest….
by Dan Mitchell With Christmas approaching, people are putting together their lists for Santa Claus. I’m not sure I’ll find any …
No. 1 Choice for elimination? The Insane World of Agriculture Subsidies
I’ve argued before that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) should be the top target of those seeking to shut …
Want a Shortage of Something? Put the Government in Charge of Its Production
The late, inordinately great man and economist Milton Friedman once rightly observed “If you put the federal government in charge of the …
“Ethanol is the wrong solution” – What do you think?
By Marita Noon University of Michigan’s Energy Institute research professor John DeCicco, Ph.D., believes that rising carbon dioxide emissions are …
Why economic liberty floats all boats and why the opposite is true!
The Fight against Socialism and other Forms of Statism by Dan Mitchell Socialism is a very bad concept. It deserves mockery rather than respect. But …
Was Reaganomics a Success?
We learn from history, right? But sometimes that’s mythologized, or warped. So here’s Dan Mitchell‘s analysis. Among Republicans and conservatives, …