Daily Economy
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New Unemployment Claims Slowed Again, Dropping Below 3 Million
The labor market and the economy have been crushed by the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and government policy responses.
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To Make Banks Strong, Do Away with the Regulator
As the UK economy enters the COVID-19 downturn, the Bank of England (BoE) continues to maintain that the UK banks are strongly capitalised. The BoE’s claims are not to be believed.
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A Fate Worse than Death
Freedom is non-negotiable, human rights are inalienable, and human beings cannot and will not live in cages, however familiar or comfortably appointed. The emergence of a novel virus changes nothing about the principles.
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A Glimmer of Hope Amid Economic Devastation
Small-business confidence fell again in April as sales expectations plunged, but the hopes for an economic rebound rose.
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The Struggle for Science in Demented Times
During a crisis, fate appears to hang in the balance, and mental and material resources must be coordinated and that requires a commander who is in control of the process. But that will not work if curiosity is squashed in the effort to courageously command.
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We Are All Going To Die, and There’s Insurance for That
All that prevents the formation of life-affirming private institutions like that described herein are regulations and taxes. Remove those impediments and watch free human beings flourish, even when faced by novel viruses, murder hornets, and much worse, until death inevitably overtakes them.
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Don’t Blame Globalism for COVID-19
They were against trade, immigration, technology, and markets before and they are now opportunistically using this pandemic as a convenient, almost heaven-sent, opportunity to push for the same pro-government interventions and the same semi-authoritarian regimes they advocated earlier.
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The Coronavirus and the Attack on Liberty and Privacy
The “individualism” that Dr. Coyle scornfully criticizes is really the liberty of each one of us to more fully design and direct our own lives in peaceful and mutually productive associations inside and outside of the marketplace, rather than turning that freedom over to the political paternalists desiring to tell us how to live, think…
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Herd Immunity Is Misleading
If the right people—not elderly, not ailing—get the disease and adjust behavior suitably while contagious, it is good that they get it behind them. That will enable them to resume their important roles in the health and well-being of society.
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A Tribute to the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Page
After all this is ended and we are left with the wreckage, and huge questions about why the U.S. followed the path of lockdown rather than allowing the medical system and individuals primary responsibility for disease mitigation, the Journal will be seen as a heroic voice in the midst of disaster.
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New Unemployment Claims Slowed Again, Dropping Below 3 Million
The labor market and the economy have been crushed by the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and government policy responses.
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•
To Make Banks Strong, Do Away with the Regulator
As the UK economy enters the COVID-19 downturn, the Bank of England (BoE) continues to maintain that the UK banks are strongly capitalised. The BoE’s claims are not to be believed.
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•
A Fate Worse than Death
Freedom is non-negotiable, human rights are inalienable, and human beings cannot and will not live in cages, however familiar or comfortably appointed. The emergence of a novel virus changes nothing about the principles.
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•
A Glimmer of Hope Amid Economic Devastation
Small-business confidence fell again in April as sales expectations plunged, but the hopes for an economic rebound rose.
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•
The Struggle for Science in Demented Times
During a crisis, fate appears to hang in the balance, and mental and material resources must be coordinated and that requires a commander who is in control of the process. But that will not work if curiosity is squashed in the effort to courageously command.
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•
We Are All Going To Die, and There’s Insurance for That
All that prevents the formation of life-affirming private institutions like that described herein are regulations and taxes. Remove those impediments and watch free human beings flourish, even when faced by novel viruses, murder hornets, and much worse, until death inevitably overtakes them.
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•
Don’t Blame Globalism for COVID-19
They were against trade, immigration, technology, and markets before and they are now opportunistically using this pandemic as a convenient, almost heaven-sent, opportunity to push for the same pro-government interventions and the same semi-authoritarian regimes they advocated earlier.
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•
The Coronavirus and the Attack on Liberty and Privacy
The “individualism” that Dr. Coyle scornfully criticizes is really the liberty of each one of us to more fully design and direct our own lives in peaceful and mutually productive associations inside and outside of the marketplace, rather than turning that freedom over to the political paternalists desiring to tell us how to live, think…
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•
Herd Immunity Is Misleading
If the right people—not elderly, not ailing—get the disease and adjust behavior suitably while contagious, it is good that they get it behind them. That will enable them to resume their important roles in the health and well-being of society.
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•
A Tribute to the Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Page
After all this is ended and we are left with the wreckage, and huge questions about why the U.S. followed the path of lockdown rather than allowing the medical system and individuals primary responsibility for disease mitigation, the Journal will be seen as a heroic voice in the midst of disaster.