Daily Economy
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Governor Cuomo Endorses Price Gouging; Sign the Petition
It is a back-handed “endorsement” of market principles from the governor of New York, but we will take it.
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Rethink the Disease-Spreading Hand Dryer in a Pandemic
The effect is akin to setting off an airborne bomb of viruses and bacteria inside a restroom, with mounting evidence showing that they also quickly disperse throughout the attached buildings.
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Layoffs Expected to Surge
The economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will likely be unprecedented.
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J.M. Keynes’s Dreams of a Eugenic Future
Keynes’s futuristic vision also entailed a scientifically planned world of human heredity, ordered around a state policy of eugenics.
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Leaving People Alone Is the Best Way to Beat the Coronavirus
The problem is a social and medical one, and not a political one. The best methods and avenues for people as individuals and as members of groups and participants in society as a whole, to discover and apply that which would be best to deal with a pandemic of this sort is to leave it…
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Free Trade and Globalization are Good for Your Health
“Absurd” is way too weak a word to describe the supposition that we Americans possess 100 percent, or even anything close to a majority, of the world’s creative potential.
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Coronavirus and Economic Crisis (Video)
In a shockingly short period of time, life in the US went from normal and happy to uncertain and essentially terrifying. The economic impact of both the virus and the policy response to the virus is without precedent. This video explores the unfolding of events, the response, the alternative ways to understand and respond to…
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A Retrospective on the Avian Flu Scare of 2005
On November 1, 2005, President George W. Bush held a press conference in which he called for draconian measures and $7.1 billion in spending to stop the spread of H5N1 Avian flu, which was then starting to cause some panic. “The president said that the threat of a global outbreak should be taken seriously in…
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Economic Theory in Time of Crisis
The self-corrective mechanism has been shut off by dictate, not just made more difficult or confusing but locked down by government dictate. In short, this downfall is a consequence of a government-mandated work stoppage due to a public health crisis.
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Globalization Does Not Increase Pandemic Risk
During the 20th century, the volume of international exchanges went in the opposite direction: trade increased and expanded as a result of trade liberalization and technological innovations in transport and communications. Thus, it appears that in spite of globalization, the damages wrought by pandemics have fallen.
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Governor Cuomo Endorses Price Gouging; Sign the Petition
It is a back-handed “endorsement” of market principles from the governor of New York, but we will take it.
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•
Rethink the Disease-Spreading Hand Dryer in a Pandemic
The effect is akin to setting off an airborne bomb of viruses and bacteria inside a restroom, with mounting evidence showing that they also quickly disperse throughout the attached buildings.
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•
Layoffs Expected to Surge
The economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak will likely be unprecedented.
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•
J.M. Keynes’s Dreams of a Eugenic Future
Keynes’s futuristic vision also entailed a scientifically planned world of human heredity, ordered around a state policy of eugenics.
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•
Leaving People Alone Is the Best Way to Beat the Coronavirus
The problem is a social and medical one, and not a political one. The best methods and avenues for people as individuals and as members of groups and participants in society as a whole, to discover and apply that which would be best to deal with a pandemic of this sort is to leave it…
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•
Free Trade and Globalization are Good for Your Health
“Absurd” is way too weak a word to describe the supposition that we Americans possess 100 percent, or even anything close to a majority, of the world’s creative potential.
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•
Coronavirus and Economic Crisis (Video)
In a shockingly short period of time, life in the US went from normal and happy to uncertain and essentially terrifying. The economic impact of both the virus and the policy response to the virus is without precedent. This video explores the unfolding of events, the response, the alternative ways to understand and respond to…
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•
A Retrospective on the Avian Flu Scare of 2005
On November 1, 2005, President George W. Bush held a press conference in which he called for draconian measures and $7.1 billion in spending to stop the spread of H5N1 Avian flu, which was then starting to cause some panic. “The president said that the threat of a global outbreak should be taken seriously in…
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•
Economic Theory in Time of Crisis
The self-corrective mechanism has been shut off by dictate, not just made more difficult or confusing but locked down by government dictate. In short, this downfall is a consequence of a government-mandated work stoppage due to a public health crisis.
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•
Globalization Does Not Increase Pandemic Risk
During the 20th century, the volume of international exchanges went in the opposite direction: trade increased and expanded as a result of trade liberalization and technological innovations in transport and communications. Thus, it appears that in spite of globalization, the damages wrought by pandemics have fallen.