Daily Economy
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We Need to Shut Them Down
Governments messed up by not stopping the spread of the virus when it was still manageable, then did so again by shutting down too much of the economy for too long to cover their incompetence, and now they want to be rewarded with continued nonessential employment, and the forced redistribution of wealth from all Americans…
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Manufacturing Sector Plummets in April
The ISM PMI dropped again in April with many components plunging to multi-year or record lows.
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Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic
“The contrast between 1968 and 2020 couldn’t be more striking. They were smart. We are idiots. Or at least our governments are.” ~Jeffrey Tucker
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What Happened to the Land of the Free?
Wise and benevolent though they may regard themselves, politicians and bureaucrats cannot see where the course on which they have now set us leads. Any student of history knows that horrors have sprung from policies far less extreme and authoritarian than the lockdowns that plague millions of Americans today.
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A May Day Remembrance
In the United States, “Labor Day” is celebrated in September in part to separate it from the socialist and communist origins of May 1 as the date for International Workers’ Day.
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Individual Freedom Works for Disease Mitigation, says the World Health Organization
What’s going on in Sweden is remarkable, which now even the WHO’s epidemiologists admit.
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Cumulative Job Losses Show Labor Market Devastation
The unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to crush the labor market and distort economic activity.
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Imperial College Model Applied to Sweden Yields Preposterous Results
What this finding tells us about the ICL projections for the United States and United Kingdom will require additional data and code transparency from Ferguson and the rest of the original model’s architects. But the Swedish adaptation paints an underwhelming picture of its predictive ability.
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Why Didn’t the Constitution Stop This?
Once a federal court (especially SCOTUS, from which there is no appeal) declares a law unconstitutional, as SCOTUS has often done to state laws throughout US history, the political dynamic changes dramatically. States must comply or face that other side of federalism.
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Lockdown-Free Sweden Had It Right, Says World Health Organization: Interview with Prof. Johan Giesecke
How and why did Sweden avoid lockdown? Below we run the transcript of an interview with Professor Johan Giesecke, M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D., the State Epidemiologist from 1995 to 2005 and a leading consultant on the Swedish model.
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We Need to Shut Them Down
Governments messed up by not stopping the spread of the virus when it was still manageable, then did so again by shutting down too much of the economy for too long to cover their incompetence, and now they want to be rewarded with continued nonessential employment, and the forced redistribution of wealth from all Americans…
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Manufacturing Sector Plummets in April
The ISM PMI dropped again in April with many components plunging to multi-year or record lows.
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•
Woodstock Occurred in the Middle of a Pandemic
“The contrast between 1968 and 2020 couldn’t be more striking. They were smart. We are idiots. Or at least our governments are.” ~Jeffrey Tucker
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•
What Happened to the Land of the Free?
Wise and benevolent though they may regard themselves, politicians and bureaucrats cannot see where the course on which they have now set us leads. Any student of history knows that horrors have sprung from policies far less extreme and authoritarian than the lockdowns that plague millions of Americans today.
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•
A May Day Remembrance
In the United States, “Labor Day” is celebrated in September in part to separate it from the socialist and communist origins of May 1 as the date for International Workers’ Day.
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•
Individual Freedom Works for Disease Mitigation, says the World Health Organization
What’s going on in Sweden is remarkable, which now even the WHO’s epidemiologists admit.
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•
Cumulative Job Losses Show Labor Market Devastation
The unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to crush the labor market and distort economic activity.
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•
Imperial College Model Applied to Sweden Yields Preposterous Results
What this finding tells us about the ICL projections for the United States and United Kingdom will require additional data and code transparency from Ferguson and the rest of the original model’s architects. But the Swedish adaptation paints an underwhelming picture of its predictive ability.
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•
Why Didn’t the Constitution Stop This?
Once a federal court (especially SCOTUS, from which there is no appeal) declares a law unconstitutional, as SCOTUS has often done to state laws throughout US history, the political dynamic changes dramatically. States must comply or face that other side of federalism.
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Lockdown-Free Sweden Had It Right, Says World Health Organization: Interview with Prof. Johan Giesecke
How and why did Sweden avoid lockdown? Below we run the transcript of an interview with Professor Johan Giesecke, M.Sc., M.D., Ph.D., the State Epidemiologist from 1995 to 2005 and a leading consultant on the Swedish model.