Daily Economy
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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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William Harold Hutt: A Birthday Appreciation
“Hutt was a complex thinker in a difficult time who worked to split the difference between the best world we can imagine and the best world that is feasible subject to the constraints we face in the world we actually inhabit. As Ludwig von Mises put it, โProfessor Huttโs rank among the outstanding economists of…
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Is Immunity a Case of Rothbardโs Lost Knowledge?
“Murray Rothbard right now would surely be astonished at how medical ignorance, fake science, and the lust for power all combined so suddenly to create the greatest global crisis in modern history for the cause of liberty to which he devoted his life.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Longer Lockdowns Associated with Much Worse Economic Outcomes
“Itโs obvious that if you restrict and ban certain businesses, they will suffer for it. Some business owners who made it through the first wave of lockdowns are saying their businesses wonโt be able to survive another. This isnโt rocket science.” ~Abigail Devereaux
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Tech Giants: Friends or Enemies? (Video)
“The trouble with the tech giants is not their size, I argued in this appearance, on BBC World News, but their treatment of customer privacy and collusion with political forces for their own gain. A free market needs big business, but those businesses need not be evil.” ~ Edward Peter Stringham
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How Did Spending on Health Care Plunge During a Pandemic?
It may seem odd that health care spending could plunge during a pandemic, but the health care industry was subject to the same closure mandates as other industries; the results were also the same.
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How FDR Killed Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation
“Rooseveltโs wife Eleanor publicly signaled her support for the measure, but the president himself remained silent and declined to spend his political capital on securing the bill at a time when the legislative success of the New Deal economic agenda depended on southern Democrats. After a complex succession of parliamentary maneuvers in the Senate the…
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The Virus Doesnโt Care about Your Policies
“If there is a broad-based research study using real data that demonstrates something life-saving about destroying rights and liberties in the name of virus control, Iโve yet to see it. Meanwhile, we are overwhelmed with evidence that it was all pointlessly destructive.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Suggest Labor Market Recovery is Faltering
Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose again, suggesting the emerging recovery may be at risk.
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U.S. Economy Posts Record Decline During Lockdowns
The U.S. economy suffered a historic contraction in the second quarter. Uncertainty, confusion, and risk aversion among consumers and businesses may put the recovery at risk.
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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…
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โข
William Harold Hutt: A Birthday Appreciation
“Hutt was a complex thinker in a difficult time who worked to split the difference between the best world we can imagine and the best world that is feasible subject to the constraints we face in the world we actually inhabit. As Ludwig von Mises put it, โProfessor Huttโs rank among the outstanding economists of…
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โข
Is Immunity a Case of Rothbardโs Lost Knowledge?
“Murray Rothbard right now would surely be astonished at how medical ignorance, fake science, and the lust for power all combined so suddenly to create the greatest global crisis in modern history for the cause of liberty to which he devoted his life.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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โข
Longer Lockdowns Associated with Much Worse Economic Outcomes
“Itโs obvious that if you restrict and ban certain businesses, they will suffer for it. Some business owners who made it through the first wave of lockdowns are saying their businesses wonโt be able to survive another. This isnโt rocket science.” ~Abigail Devereaux
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โข
Tech Giants: Friends or Enemies? (Video)
“The trouble with the tech giants is not their size, I argued in this appearance, on BBC World News, but their treatment of customer privacy and collusion with political forces for their own gain. A free market needs big business, but those businesses need not be evil.” ~ Edward Peter Stringham
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โข
How Did Spending on Health Care Plunge During a Pandemic?
It may seem odd that health care spending could plunge during a pandemic, but the health care industry was subject to the same closure mandates as other industries; the results were also the same.
-
โข
How FDR Killed Federal Anti-Lynching Legislation
“Rooseveltโs wife Eleanor publicly signaled her support for the measure, but the president himself remained silent and declined to spend his political capital on securing the bill at a time when the legislative success of the New Deal economic agenda depended on southern Democrats. After a complex succession of parliamentary maneuvers in the Senate the…
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โข
The Virus Doesnโt Care about Your Policies
“If there is a broad-based research study using real data that demonstrates something life-saving about destroying rights and liberties in the name of virus control, Iโve yet to see it. Meanwhile, we are overwhelmed with evidence that it was all pointlessly destructive.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
-
โข
Initial Claims for Unemployment Benefits Suggest Labor Market Recovery is Faltering
Initial claims for unemployment benefits rose again, suggesting the emerging recovery may be at risk.
-
โข
U.S. Economy Posts Record Decline During Lockdowns
The U.S. economy suffered a historic contraction in the second quarter. Uncertainty, confusion, and risk aversion among consumers and businesses may put the recovery at risk.