Dan Mitchell

Dan Mitchell

Daniel J. Mitchell is a cofounder of the Center for Freedom and Prosperity and the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation. He is one of the nations leading experts on tax reform and supplyside tax policy. In addition to tax policy, Dr. Mitchell is a trenchant observer of economic developments and an expert on Social Security privatization particularly the fiscal policy impact of reform and what the US can learn from other nations that have created personal retirement accounts. Dr. Mitchells byline can be found in such national publications as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Investors Business Daily. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University and masters and bachelors degrees in economics from the University of Georgia. Mitchell was a senior fellow with the Cato Institute and The Heritage Foundation, and an economist for Senator Bob Packwood and the Senate Finance Committee.