Power & Market

Lebanon's economic collapse is especially disastrous for the nation's youth.

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September 17, 2019 was a significant day in American economic history.

There is a lot of toilet paper out there in personal hoards that would be sold back into the marketplace were it not for government regulations.

There are two very distinct approaches to crisis resolution.

These top-down COVID-19 measures imposed on entire populations by national governments will come with a cost.

The gap between the US and Spain became larger as time went on. At day 15, Spain's death rate was 4.6 times larger than that in the US. At day 20, Spain's rate had grown to 5.6 times larger than the US rate.

In America today, we have a government of fear. Machiavelli offered that men obey better when they fear you than when they love you. Sadly, he was right, and the government of America knows this.

In lieu of the soap, I encountered a large sign that read, in part: “Please BE KIND to one another and limit yourself only to what you really need at this time.” 

Supply of goods and services is quickly becoming a more important national issue than the COVID-19 panic. The virus will not adversely impact most Americans, but they will sustain substantial financial losses, and at some point supplies will run out.