Politicians Have Used This Crisis to Remind Us They’re Mostly Wannabe Dictators
From small villages to Capitol Hill, politicians are using every opportunity to void the Bill of Rights and abolish all limits on their power.
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The Government’s Pandemic Strategy Is a Reckless One
It's time to stop pretending that the policies favored by some biologists—who know nothing about how economies work to lessen the health effects of poverty—come without grave costs to public health.
COVID-19: The “Experts” Have No Crystal Ball
The 2016 election was an important reminder that most experts were totally wrong in their predictions of what would happen. Now the experts are claiming that freedom and markets must be abandoned based on new guesses about the future.
More than Half of All US COVID-19 Deaths Occur in Only Four States
The effects of COVID-19 are not evenly distributed in the United States. Only certain regions are facing sizable strains on their resources. A nationwide lockdown would create huge economic costs for regions where the the costs of disease have been relatively low.
Fear Makes It Easy for Governments to Expand Power
Why are governments so enthusiastic about shutting down businesses when other less draconian measures are available and prudent? The answer lies in the fact that governments can act with near impunity and want to maximize their power.
The Use of Knowledge in Entrepreneurship
It is a marvel that imperfect, limited information available to the entrepreneur can be used to produce so much good for society.
The State Has Seized Many New Powers. It Won’t Let Go of Them Easily.
The state has used this virus scare to demand that politicians and bureaucrats be given near-total control over every aspect of life, including virtually every business and employer in America. Will this now be a permanent feature of American life?
Central Bankers Are Running Out of Options
Central bankers are panicking, and their solutions range from "buy everything that moves" to pushing interest rates even further into negative territory. Yet this doesn't seem to be helping much.
The End of Civilization?
Even if the COVOID-19 virus turns out to be more severe than the skeptics give us reason to think it is, we can get through it. We cannot survive the end of the division of labor. It would be the finish of civilization as we know it.
The US’s COVID-19 Death Rate Is Far below the Rates in Italy and Spain
Contrary to a recent headline, the US is not about to become the "epicenter" of COVID-19. In fact, the death rate of COVID-19 is lower in the US than at the same point in the timeline for many other countries we are told are comparable to the US.
