Daily Economy
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The ExIm Bank is Still the Bank of Boeing
“The bank has a long track record of serving mostly large foreign and domestic airlines in higher income nations, and distorting capital markets to fund projects that would likely be funded otherwise. It’s called cronyism.” ~ Veronique de Rugy
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It’s Not Regulation that Keeps Your Food Safe
“Enjoy — in moderation. The strangers are looking out for you, and they are all too happy to do so. Why? Because by looking out for you, they are better equipped to look out for the non-strangers in their lives.” ~ Art Carden
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A Graduate Student’s Review of Jason Brennan’s Good Work if You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia
“This book is also a beneficial read for newly minted PhD candidates to aid in their productivity skills and advisors of graduate students to learn how to best mentor, guide, and be a valuable resource to their advisees. As a current doctoral student, I recommend this book wholeheartedly.” ~ Justin T. Callais
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The Dangers of National Service
“There is no acting entity called “the nation” to be served. The reality: what is called national service means doing the bidding of the particular politicians and bureaucrats who hold the reins, issue the orders and reap whatever sadistic satisfaction they gain from so doing.” ~ Warren Gibson
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End Qualified Immunity for Politicians
“Another approach to the problem would be to end the immunity of all politicians and policymakers, not just that for police officers, so that they can at least be sued in their personal capacities if they fudge up.” ~ Robert Wright
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Was Governor Cuomo Responsible for the Death of Thousands of Nursing Home Inhabitants?
“Ordering 4,500 COVID-19 patients to be transferred from hospitals to the most vulnerable populations in the state was perhaps the worst decision during the entire pandemic.” ~ Ethan Yang
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At Least Some Politicians Admit Error (Sort of)
“Government officials are loath to admit error on any actions much less incompetence in any area of life, even when their actions have impoverished and destroyed the lives of millions.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Managing the Chessboard of Human Society: Lessons from the Online Chessboard
” It seems reasonable that we will never actually master every possible detail of chess, Monopoly, and other games. If games that happen within very well-defined spaces according to very well-defined rules present such insurmountable difficulties, I’m definitely skeptical of the notion that we can design and control a great society.” ~ Art Carden
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D.C.’S Iron Curtain of Secrecy Endangers the Economy and Everything Else
“COVID bailouts will likely remain secret until long after major economic damage is done. Attorney General Ramsey Clark warned in 1967, “Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.” ” ~ James Bovard
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Easing Lockdowns Slow Initial Claims but Cumulative Claims Top 45 Million
The policy-induced recession of 2020 has resulted in more than 45 million jobs lost. As lockdown restrictions ease, signs of bottoming and recovery are starting to emerge.
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The ExIm Bank is Still the Bank of Boeing
“The bank has a long track record of serving mostly large foreign and domestic airlines in higher income nations, and distorting capital markets to fund projects that would likely be funded otherwise. It’s called cronyism.” ~ Veronique de Rugy
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It’s Not Regulation that Keeps Your Food Safe
“Enjoy — in moderation. The strangers are looking out for you, and they are all too happy to do so. Why? Because by looking out for you, they are better equipped to look out for the non-strangers in their lives.” ~ Art Carden
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A Graduate Student’s Review of Jason Brennan’s Good Work if You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia
“This book is also a beneficial read for newly minted PhD candidates to aid in their productivity skills and advisors of graduate students to learn how to best mentor, guide, and be a valuable resource to their advisees. As a current doctoral student, I recommend this book wholeheartedly.” ~ Justin T. Callais
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The Dangers of National Service
“There is no acting entity called “the nation” to be served. The reality: what is called national service means doing the bidding of the particular politicians and bureaucrats who hold the reins, issue the orders and reap whatever sadistic satisfaction they gain from so doing.” ~ Warren Gibson
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End Qualified Immunity for Politicians
“Another approach to the problem would be to end the immunity of all politicians and policymakers, not just that for police officers, so that they can at least be sued in their personal capacities if they fudge up.” ~ Robert Wright
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Was Governor Cuomo Responsible for the Death of Thousands of Nursing Home Inhabitants?
“Ordering 4,500 COVID-19 patients to be transferred from hospitals to the most vulnerable populations in the state was perhaps the worst decision during the entire pandemic.” ~ Ethan Yang
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•
At Least Some Politicians Admit Error (Sort of)
“Government officials are loath to admit error on any actions much less incompetence in any area of life, even when their actions have impoverished and destroyed the lives of millions.” ~ Jeffrey Tucker
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Managing the Chessboard of Human Society: Lessons from the Online Chessboard
” It seems reasonable that we will never actually master every possible detail of chess, Monopoly, and other games. If games that happen within very well-defined spaces according to very well-defined rules present such insurmountable difficulties, I’m definitely skeptical of the notion that we can design and control a great society.” ~ Art Carden
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D.C.’S Iron Curtain of Secrecy Endangers the Economy and Everything Else
“COVID bailouts will likely remain secret until long after major economic damage is done. Attorney General Ramsey Clark warned in 1967, “Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.” ” ~ James Bovard
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Easing Lockdowns Slow Initial Claims but Cumulative Claims Top 45 Million
The policy-induced recession of 2020 has resulted in more than 45 million jobs lost. As lockdown restrictions ease, signs of bottoming and recovery are starting to emerge.