Black Lives Matter. Marxist Lives Do Not.
Better Dead Than Red is a line I’ve found myself using on a number of occasions. Perhaps to be edgy, but also perhaps because I...
Tag : economics
Individual Freedom Works for Disease Mitigation, says the World Health Organization
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On a Wednesday press conference, Michael Ryan at the WHO’s Health Emergency Program caused indignant headlines to ripple across the globe faster than the corona...
Taking For Granted What We Obtain Too Cheap
COVID-19 is likely to change forever how we manage our everyday activities. It should also change how we value the work of first responders and...
There Will Be Blowback, In Mostly Good Ways
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Two months ago, it had been mandatory in my local grocery to use only shopping bags brought from home. Plastic bags were illegal by local...
A Second Great Depression Is Not How We Will Defeat COVID-19
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By Emma Meshell As the COVID-19 death toll eclipses 34,000 in the U.S., it’s fair to say that the American people have a right to...
Why Rationing Food Instead of Raising Prices Could Be Exposing More People to COVID-19
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As we approach the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the White House is advising Americans to go into full lockdown mode, even avoiding grocery stores...
May this Crisis Shock Us Into Embracing Freedom
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During a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, certain things suddenly come into sharp focus. In this case, we are overwhelmed with examples of how regulatory...
Unemployment Claims Surpass Great Recession
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Initial claims for unemployment insurance soared to 6.65 million for the week ending March 28, exceeding last week’s shocking 3.3 million, and dwarfing the...
What Sweden Has Done Right on Coronavirus
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Until last week, only three European countries had still not closed their schools as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Then followed Britain’s sharp reverse-course and lockdown policy...
When Atlas Is Washing His Hands
What happens when Atlas stops holding up the world? In Ayn Rand’s famous (and if I may add brilliant) novel Atlas Shrugged, the producers of...