128. Spending Problem: TRUTH On Spending Caps, Flat Tax Revolution, Fed & More w Dr. Dan Mitchell | Ep 41
In Let People Prosper episode #41, I talk w Dan Mitchell, Ph.D., about need for government spending limits, benefit of flat tax revolution, Fed's boom and bust cycles, and more to let people prosper.
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On today's episode of the "Let People Prosper" show, which was recorded on March 24, 2023, I'm thankful to be joined by Dr. Dan Mitchell, President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and blogger at International Liberty.
We discuss:
1) Lessons from history on government spending and why strong spending limits are needed at every level of government;
2) Issues with the Fed creating artificial cycles of booms and busts; and
3) Reasons to be optimistic about the flat tax & and school choice revolutions happening in states across the country.
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Dan Mitchell’s bio:
Dan Mitchell is President of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity, a pro-market public policy organization he founded in 2000. His major research interests include tax reform, international tax competition, the economic burden of government spending, and other fiscal policy issues.
Having also worked at the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute, he has decades of experience authoring papers, writing editorials, working with the public policy community, and presenting the free-market viewpoint to newspaper, television, and radio media.
Dan has spoken to a wide variety of groups in dozens of cities and more than 50 foreign countries. He also served on the editorial board of the Cayman Financial Review, and holds a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
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