New Jersey became one of the latest states in 2022 to ban single-use bags. In 2014, California became the first state to ban of use plastic bags. Since then, several states have followed including New York, Oregon, and Washington for a total of ten states . Advocates for the ban proclaim disposable bags to be bad for the environment and reusable
On November 15, 2021, the Austrian government ordered a lockdown for the unvaccinated . This drastic step occurred after citing low vaccination rates and the goal to decrease the risk of transmission by unvaccinated people. Just a few days after the vaccination mandate, the Austrian government ordered a full lockdown for everyone, vaccinated and
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) put in place under Donald Trump and extended by Joe Biden is a prime example of government wastefulness. A recent working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), “ The $800 Billion Paycheck Protection Program: Where Did the Money Go and Why Did It Go There? “ investigated the effectiveness of
Anyone interested in what the future of the Covid pandemic looks like, should look no further than Austria. The country that was the foundational home of Ludwig von Mises, is now the home of the next chapter in the Covid hysteria. On December 12, 2021 the Austrian government finally lifted the fourth lockdown , since the Covid pandemic began, but
Virtue-signaling politicians in New Jersey have banned single-use plastic bags, claiming to “help the environment.” They need to read Hazlitt’s Economics in One Lesson instead. Original Article: “ Hazlitt’s Lesson Restated: New Jersey’s Disastrous Ban on Single-Use Plastic” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The standard bureaucratic line after a program’s failure is that the government agents didn’t have enough authority or resources to handle the job. Neither explains the failure of Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program. Original Article: “ No, More Bureaucracy Would NOT Have Saved Trump’s Paycheck Protection Program “ This Audio Mises Wire is
Although covid cases in Austria—and most other countries—are rapidly falling, Austria has doubled down on punishing the unvaccinated and become the first country to mandate vaccination for all adults. Original Article: “ Austria Doubles Down on Forced Vaccinations “ This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. Narrated by
Nueva Jersey se convirtió en uno de los últimos estados en prohibir las bolsas de un solo uso en 2022. En 2014, California se convirtió en el primer estado en prohibir las bolsas de plástico de un solo uso. Desde entonces, le han seguido varios estados, como Nueva York, Oregón y Washington, para un total de diez estados . Los defensores de la
El 15 de noviembre de 2021, el gobierno austriaco ordenó el confinamiento de los no vacunados . Esta medida drástica se produjo tras citar las bajas tasas de vacunación y el objetivo de disminuir el riesgo de transmisión por parte de las personas no vacunadas. Pocos días después del mandato de vacunación, el gobierno austriaco ordenó el
El Programa de Protección de cheques de Pago (PPP) puesto en marcha bajo el mandato de Donald Trump y ampliado por Joe Biden es un excelente ejemplo de despilfarro gubernamental. Un reciente documento de trabajo de la Oficina nacional de investigación económica (ONIE), « The $800 Billion Paycheck Protection Program: Where Did the Money Go and Why
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