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  • 1 week ago | danieljmitchell.wordpress.com | Dan Mitchell |John Stossel

    It’s been more than 15 years since the Center for Freedom and Prosperity released its video about school choice, so let’s update the argument for educational freedom with this new video from John Stossel. For most Americans, the biggest argument for school choice is improved educational outcomes (see here, here, here, and here). And that’s the most persuasive argument for me as well. However, since I’m a fiscal policy wonk, I can’t help but also highlight this screen shot from the video.

  • Jan 31, 2025 | danieljmitchell.wordpress.com | Dan Mitchell

    Florida ranks #2 in the nation according to Freedom in the 50 States and ranks #3 in the nation according to Economic Freedom of North America. Those are impressive scores, but Florida does even better when looking specifically at school choice. It ranks #1 in the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2025 Index of State Education Freedom. What makes Florida’s score even more impressive is that it gets good educational outcomes while being frugal with taxpayer money.

  • Jan 30, 2025 | danieljmitchell.wordpress.com | Dan Mitchell

    Last year, I mocked Tucker Carlson for trying to make it seem like Russia’s moribund economy was successful. Two years ago, I showed that Russia lagged behind other nations that emerged from the collapse of communism. Three years ago, I shared a chart showing that Russia was an economic failure because of dirigiste economic policy. Just in case it’s not obvious, I think Russia needs liberalization. More free markets and less statism. With that in mind, let’s look at some not-too-distant history.

  • Jan 29, 2025 | danieljmitchell.wordpress.com | Dan Mitchell

    Assessing Javier Milei, the World’s Best Leader: Part VIII January 29, 2025 by Dan Mitchell I wrote a few weeks ago about how 108 leftist economists, including  Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman, were wildly wrong when they warned in 2023 that Javier Milei’s agenda would be “very harmful for the Argentine economy.”This new video from John Stossel is further evidence of their ideological blindness.

  • Jan 28, 2025 | danieljmitchell.wordpress.com | Dan Mitchell

    The bad news is that I had only one column mocking gun control in 2024. The good news is that this is in part because the pro-gun control crowd has been defeated and the issue isn’t generating as much attention as it used to. To be sure, there’s no such thing as a permanent victory in politics, but we should celebrate the current state of play. The courts have upheld the 2nd Amendment and pro-gun control politicians don’t control either Congress or the White House.

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