It’s Far Too Late to Think Lockdowns Can Make Covid-19 Go Away
In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, the rationale given for lockdowns was that it was necessary to stay at home for “fifteen days to slow the spread.” The idea was that social distancing was necessary so that hospitals and other healthcare resources would not be overwhelmed.
John Mandrola: Why Doctoring and Politics Shouldn’t Mix
Bob Murphy Fields Questions on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism
It’s Not “Just Property”: How Looting Destroys Lives and Low-Income Neighborhoods
Protectionism and “Weak Dollar” Trade Policy
Why the State Seeks to Abolish Both Tradition and History
The Feds Want to Snoop on Your Encrypted Data. It’s “for the Children.”
The Evidence Keeps Piling up: Lockdowns Don’t Work
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Risk and Uncertainty
In Human Action, Mises argues that in a free market economy, making a profit depends on the judgment, or appraisement, that entrepreneurs make of particular situations. He says:
