Crisis
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We Need a Principled Anti-Lockdown Movement
“This movement, whether it is called anti-lockdown or just plain liberalism, must reject the wickedness and compulsion of this current moment in American life. It needs to counter the brutalism of lockdowns. It needs to speak and act with humane understanding and high regard for social functioning under freedom, and the hope for the future…
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Experience From Other Countries Show Lockdowns Donโt Work
“For months we have hailed countries like Taiwan and South Korea for their model responses that kept the virus at bay while inflicting relatively minimal restrictions on society. Advocating for draconian lockdown measures while still praising these countries is not only blind to the evidence but also comes from a position of privilege and hypocrisy.”…
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Government Canโt Police Itself
“I will always support more transparency and more oversight, if only because doing so is part of my job and makes that job easierโ one of which Iโm proud. But intoning ‘more transparency’ is no silver bullet for shrinking the size of government and for getting rid of bad programs. The only โsubstantiveโ result of…
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Deceit and Demagoguery in Montgomery County, Maryland
“Politicians and bureaucrats who claim a right to outlaw all risks ignore the risk of tyranny. Gayles and other MoCo politicians sneer at their critics as if they were unwashed deplorables incapable of understanding ‘science.’ But their school shutdown policy is simply Political Science 101, using deceit and demagoguery to seize more power.” ~ James…
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Economic Freedom Is Essential for Managing Pandemics
“There is an important lesson for the future. If one desires the downward trends in the human and economic costs observed over the course of the 20th century to continue, one must push for a greater deal of institutional flexibility. That flexibility is what makes the marketโs process of discovery work and makes us more…
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The Gaslighting of the American People
“We can reject gaslighting and insist on regaining our rights, though whether we will forget this nightmare is debatable. Punishing our persecutors is certainly beyond us. A pity.” ~ Caroline Breashears
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Which Diseases Are on the Rise As We Fight COVID-19?
“Proponents of COVID-19 prevention measures are perfectly willing to discuss the lives that are saved at the expense of economic progress. But when will there be widespread recognition that these very same measures could cause millions of people around the world to contractโโand die fromโโother preventable diseases? Are those lives somehow exempt from our tradeoff…
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Madness in Melbourne
“I cry for the once-great city of Melbourne this day. May there be justice. And may its future political leadership be granted some modicum of decency and wisdom.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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The Use of Knowledge in a Pandemic
“As Hayek reminded us, ‘We need decentralization because only thus can we ensure that the knowledge of the particular circumstances of time and place will be promptly used’ (p. 524). Weโve been here before. You are more of an expert than you might think.” ~ Jonathan Newman & Anthony Gill
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My Covid Cri de Cลur
“I cannot explain why the public reacts rationally โ that is, without much concern โ to news of famous young people testing positive for COVID but, to other news about COVID, reacts irrationally. This discrepancy itself only causes me to worry further about our ability, or willingness, to put COVID in proper perspective in order…
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โข
We Need a Principled Anti-Lockdown Movement
“This movement, whether it is called anti-lockdown or just plain liberalism, must reject the wickedness and compulsion of this current moment in American life. It needs to counter the brutalism of lockdowns. It needs to speak and act with humane understanding and high regard for social functioning under freedom, and the hope for the future…
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โข
Experience From Other Countries Show Lockdowns Donโt Work
“For months we have hailed countries like Taiwan and South Korea for their model responses that kept the virus at bay while inflicting relatively minimal restrictions on society. Advocating for draconian lockdown measures while still praising these countries is not only blind to the evidence but also comes from a position of privilege and hypocrisy.”…
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โข
Government Canโt Police Itself
“I will always support more transparency and more oversight, if only because doing so is part of my job and makes that job easierโ one of which Iโm proud. But intoning ‘more transparency’ is no silver bullet for shrinking the size of government and for getting rid of bad programs. The only โsubstantiveโ result of…
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โข
Deceit and Demagoguery in Montgomery County, Maryland
“Politicians and bureaucrats who claim a right to outlaw all risks ignore the risk of tyranny. Gayles and other MoCo politicians sneer at their critics as if they were unwashed deplorables incapable of understanding ‘science.’ But their school shutdown policy is simply Political Science 101, using deceit and demagoguery to seize more power.” ~ James…
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โข
Economic Freedom Is Essential for Managing Pandemics
“There is an important lesson for the future. If one desires the downward trends in the human and economic costs observed over the course of the 20th century to continue, one must push for a greater deal of institutional flexibility. That flexibility is what makes the marketโs process of discovery work and makes us more…
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โข
The Gaslighting of the American People
“We can reject gaslighting and insist on regaining our rights, though whether we will forget this nightmare is debatable. Punishing our persecutors is certainly beyond us. A pity.” ~ Caroline Breashears
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โข
Which Diseases Are on the Rise As We Fight COVID-19?
“Proponents of COVID-19 prevention measures are perfectly willing to discuss the lives that are saved at the expense of economic progress. But when will there be widespread recognition that these very same measures could cause millions of people around the world to contractโโand die fromโโother preventable diseases? Are those lives somehow exempt from our tradeoff…
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โข
Madness in Melbourne
“I cry for the once-great city of Melbourne this day. May there be justice. And may its future political leadership be granted some modicum of decency and wisdom.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
-
โข
The Use of Knowledge in a Pandemic
“As Hayek reminded us, ‘We need decentralization because only thus can we ensure that the knowledge of the particular circumstances of time and place will be promptly used’ (p. 524). Weโve been here before. You are more of an expert than you might think.” ~ Jonathan Newman & Anthony Gill
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โข
My Covid Cri de Cลur
“I cannot explain why the public reacts rationally โ that is, without much concern โ to news of famous young people testing positive for COVID but, to other news about COVID, reacts irrationally. This discrepancy itself only causes me to worry further about our ability, or willingness, to put COVID in proper perspective in order…