Lessons From The Global Laboratory Of Economic Experimentati: Selected Essays: 1 (Libertyfest Monographs) - Softcover

Mitchell, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1925501671 ISBN 13: 9781925501674

Publisher: Connor Court Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Since I’m first and foremost a public finance economist, I’ll share
one of my favorite tactics when debating fiscal policy. I’ll oftentimes
share a table showing a list of nations that have achieved very good
results by restraining the growth of government spending. I’ll show how
the burden of government spending declined as a share of economic
output and I’ll show how budget deficits also shrank as a share of GDP.
I’ll then ask my colleague from the other side to please share a list of
nations that got good results by raising taxes. Unsurprisingly, the usual
response is either untrue claims or hemming and hawing.
When seeking to educate and convince a non-ideological audience
that they should favor economic freedom, I’ve learned that there’s
no substitute for this kind of real-world evidence. Most people think of
themselves as being practical. My daily columns are designed to reach
these people. If I can reach their minds, maybe their hearts will follow.
-- From the Introduction

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About the Author

A public policy economist in Washington Dan Mitchell was a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, an economist for Senator Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee, and a Director of Tax and Budget Policy at Citizens for a Sound Economy. He is currently the Chairman for the Center for Freedom and Prosperity. He Blogs @ https: //danieljmitchell.wordpress.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Connor Court Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1925501671
• ISBN 13: 9781925501674
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84