Crisis
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Micromanaged Business Reopenings Could Cause More Harm
“In attempting to convey that the adults in the room have spent a long time thinking about this difficult issue, Massachusetts instead exposes just how little regulators’ blunt instruments can possibly add.” ~ Max Gulker
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The Climate Impact of Meat
“Ideologues have no patience with nuances…It’s ‘go vegan’ or ‘go home.’ It doesn’t matter much what the facts are, as long as The Cause is advanced.” ~ Joakim Book
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America Is Opening. It Should Never Have Closed
“This country is about realizing material and spiritual dreams. That means freedom as a first principle – a principle that can never be thrown away no matter the excuse of the moment.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Focus on the Covid-19 Death Rate
“The most frightening aspect of the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) epidemic in the US is that it brought about exaggeratedly heightened fear of death. That fear, once magnified to proportions which become palpable to the individual, became the basis for dreadful economic and medical policies from governments and crushed the natural optimism of the public.” ~ Gregory…
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The Guns of August: A Look Back at the Financial Shock of the Great War
“Many of the extraordinary policies we see governments wielding right now are not as unprecedented as some commentators may think.” ~ Joakim Book
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There Really Is a Solid Reason for Optimism
“We can make the rebuilt political economy better than the bloated, creaky rent-selling machine that we had at the start of 2020.” ~ Michael Munger
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Visualizations are Powerful, But Often Misleading
“To make improper transformation of data can lead observers of data to incorrect conclusions. The data must be allowed to speak without being distorted.” ~ James Caton
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Government Has Forced Culinary Genius Into Paper and Plastic
“Politicians missed the boat completely in forcing restaurants into takeout concepts. For all too many chefs, this one-size-fits-all solution insulted and continues to insult their genius. This is about much more than money.” ~ John Tamny
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The Ides of March, 2020: When Bank Regulation Failed
“When the rules make it impossible for a bank to make sound and reasonable acquisitions of new assets because they are up against their capital limits, things can go badly awry.” ~ Warren Gibson
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Lockdown Suicide Data Reveal Predictable Tragedy
Data will be pouring in for many months and years: suicides, overdoses, domestic abuse, and every manner of social pathology. For years we will be left with the question of why. It’s too early for final answers, but the question will haunt us for the rest of our lives.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Micromanaged Business Reopenings Could Cause More Harm
“In attempting to convey that the adults in the room have spent a long time thinking about this difficult issue, Massachusetts instead exposes just how little regulators’ blunt instruments can possibly add.” ~ Max Gulker
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The Climate Impact of Meat
“Ideologues have no patience with nuances…It’s ‘go vegan’ or ‘go home.’ It doesn’t matter much what the facts are, as long as The Cause is advanced.” ~ Joakim Book
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America Is Opening. It Should Never Have Closed
“This country is about realizing material and spiritual dreams. That means freedom as a first principle – a principle that can never be thrown away no matter the excuse of the moment.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Focus on the Covid-19 Death Rate
“The most frightening aspect of the coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) epidemic in the US is that it brought about exaggeratedly heightened fear of death. That fear, once magnified to proportions which become palpable to the individual, became the basis for dreadful economic and medical policies from governments and crushed the natural optimism of the public.” ~ Gregory…
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The Guns of August: A Look Back at the Financial Shock of the Great War
“Many of the extraordinary policies we see governments wielding right now are not as unprecedented as some commentators may think.” ~ Joakim Book
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There Really Is a Solid Reason for Optimism
“We can make the rebuilt political economy better than the bloated, creaky rent-selling machine that we had at the start of 2020.” ~ Michael Munger
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Visualizations are Powerful, But Often Misleading
“To make improper transformation of data can lead observers of data to incorrect conclusions. The data must be allowed to speak without being distorted.” ~ James Caton
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Government Has Forced Culinary Genius Into Paper and Plastic
“Politicians missed the boat completely in forcing restaurants into takeout concepts. For all too many chefs, this one-size-fits-all solution insulted and continues to insult their genius. This is about much more than money.” ~ John Tamny
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The Ides of March, 2020: When Bank Regulation Failed
“When the rules make it impossible for a bank to make sound and reasonable acquisitions of new assets because they are up against their capital limits, things can go badly awry.” ~ Warren Gibson
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Lockdown Suicide Data Reveal Predictable Tragedy
Data will be pouring in for many months and years: suicides, overdoses, domestic abuse, and every manner of social pathology. For years we will be left with the question of why. It’s too early for final answers, but the question will haunt us for the rest of our lives.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker