When it comes to economic policy, I know I know better than most. This September will mark the end of my thirtieth year studying the history of public policies. Over that time, I have averaged 70-hour work weeks (and can prove...
(Don Boudreaux) TweetEven the New York Times is now reporting that New York strongman Andrew Cuomo and his henchmen intentionally covered up the number of deaths from Covid-19 that occurred in that state’s nursing homes. A slice: The central role played by the governor’s top aides reflected...
Culture-war obsessives believe it’s their responsibility to protect foolish people from themselves. What happened to individual freedom? Read the Full Article here: >National Review...
At a time when many movements that are thought to be the intellectual mainstream, left and right, advocate further encroachments on free and open economic exchange, those who cherish voluntary human interaction are likely to expend their energies navigating a political wilderness. It is therefore natural...
I’m not a big fan of Israeli pop-historian Yuval Noah Harari, the star-spangled author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus, and most recently 21 Lessons for the 21st Century. His writing is under-analyzed, hyperbolic, ideological, and usually somewhere between trivially true and...
Is that what they should call it? In any case, for all the bickering over inflation, the real news to me is that the Republicans just didn’t try very hard to fight it. Partly they are left with few good arguments after their own fiscal...
My family moved to Texas from Massachusetts in 1830, six years before Texas became an independent nation. I should say one man made the migration; he met his wife on the journey, in Tennessee. They first stopped to see his uncle in New Orleans, who...
The lights on civilization dimmed and nearly went out starting March 12, 2020. That was the day the federal government began promulgating guidelines for closing schools, businesses, international travel, and all public gatherings. It was an action without precedent but most states went along –...
Not even algebra is safe from the social-justice warriors. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...
Michael F. Cannon Economist Bob Lawson writes: I have yet to see an argument for wearing masks (and distancing) now that doesn’t apply literally at all times. If you accept that masks have some effectiveness against spreading diseases, which seems reasonable, why should they not always be...