Crisis
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Cancel Culture Goes to Law School
“Apparently the people in charge are more afraid of offending the BLSA than of losing a court battle. That speaks volumes about the weakness in university leadership these days.” ~ George Leef
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Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Like Carter, unlike Coolidge
“It is time we looked past the obscurity and calumny that has been thrown over Coolidge’s record and ideas so that we can rediscover his wisdom. In doing so, the vast shortcomings of the Biden administration become even clearer.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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All Housing is Affordable Housing
“If developers build cheap housing, the price of all housing except the very most luxurious will fall. Alternatively, if we build more luxury housing, then the price of all housing will fall, as there will be less pressure for gentrification or ‘teardowns.’” ~ Michael Munger
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Punish the Russian Government, Not the Russian People
“Instead of thinking of new ways to punish Russians, Americans and others of goodwill should look for ways to help Ukrainians. Aiding refugees and allowing them into America would be good places to start.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Government Greed
“Perhaps the biggest fail of them all is that many Americans whose real incomes are declining but whose nominal incomes have increased will be forced on 15 April to pay higher real taxes. Come to think of it, government isn’t greedy. It’s rapacious.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Are Gold Rubles Gold or Rubles?
“The loss of citizens’ purchasing power over decades was scarcely enough to drive states to introduce monetary reforms. It is not surprising that a newly-cast pariah state is embracing gold in a desperate bid to recapture some semblance of normalcy.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Return to Normal Driven by Politics, Not “The Science”
“While a return to normal is welcome, if the driving force behind it is political polling and stakes for reelection, we should all pause and reflect on whether these people should be making such monumental decisions about our lives.” ~ David Waugh
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Critique of “What Economics Can Tell Us About Mandating Vaccines”
“The CDC and our public health agencies have now spent the better part of two years orchestrating a campaign of fear and paranoia that ignores the known properties of this disease.” ~ Robert Stewart
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Cancel Culture Goes to Law School
“Apparently the people in charge are more afraid of offending the BLSA than of losing a court battle. That speaks volumes about the weakness in university leadership these days.” ~ George Leef
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Mr. Employer, Tear Down These Masks
“A ‘return to normal’ requires abandoning all aspects of the ‘new normal’ and asserting a real normal. At long last governments are dropping mask mandates. Holdout employers must do the same.” ~ Jon Sanders
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Like Carter, unlike Coolidge
“It is time we looked past the obscurity and calumny that has been thrown over Coolidge’s record and ideas so that we can rediscover his wisdom. In doing so, the vast shortcomings of the Biden administration become even clearer.” ~ Gary M. Galles
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Solving the Post-Pandemic Plastic Pollution Problem
“Research initiatives must begin investigating and investing in treating our oceans and landscapes for the masks and tests polluting them, like they are viruses themselves.” ~ Connor Tomlinson
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All Housing is Affordable Housing
“If developers build cheap housing, the price of all housing except the very most luxurious will fall. Alternatively, if we build more luxury housing, then the price of all housing will fall, as there will be less pressure for gentrification or ‘teardowns.’” ~ Michael Munger
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Punish the Russian Government, Not the Russian People
“Instead of thinking of new ways to punish Russians, Americans and others of goodwill should look for ways to help Ukrainians. Aiding refugees and allowing them into America would be good places to start.” ~ Doug Bandow
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Government Greed
“Perhaps the biggest fail of them all is that many Americans whose real incomes are declining but whose nominal incomes have increased will be forced on 15 April to pay higher real taxes. Come to think of it, government isn’t greedy. It’s rapacious.” ~ Robert E. Wright
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Are Gold Rubles Gold or Rubles?
“The loss of citizens’ purchasing power over decades was scarcely enough to drive states to introduce monetary reforms. It is not surprising that a newly-cast pariah state is embracing gold in a desperate bid to recapture some semblance of normalcy.” ~ Peter C. Earle
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Return to Normal Driven by Politics, Not “The Science”
“While a return to normal is welcome, if the driving force behind it is political polling and stakes for reelection, we should all pause and reflect on whether these people should be making such monumental decisions about our lives.” ~ David Waugh
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Critique of “What Economics Can Tell Us About Mandating Vaccines”
“The CDC and our public health agencies have now spent the better part of two years orchestrating a campaign of fear and paranoia that ignores the known properties of this disease.” ~ Robert Stewart