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20 Dec Yes, Follow the Science – in Every Field

Posted at 22:27h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Repeatedly this year we have heard the admonition, from acolytes of Covid-19 lockdowns, to “follow the science.” Many of the admonishers presume that lockdown skeptics are myopic, “anti-science” miscreants infected with a reckless disregard for human health, safety, and life. Yes, some people are so...

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20 Dec Standing and Delivering Against Lockdown Tyranny

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(Don Boudreaux) TweetHere’s Van Morrison’s and Eric Clapton’s new protest song against the tyranny of Covid-19 lockdowns. Read the Full Article here: >Cafe HayekCafe Hayek...

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20 Dec Better Fetters

Posted at 22:25h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

There is a long history of decrying “unfettered capitalism” to justify the imposition of added fetters of various sorts on our freedom to choose how and with whom to productively associate. For instance, Jonah Goldberg noted late last year how it had been utilized by...

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20 Dec Better Fetters-AIER

Posted at 20:46h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

There is a long history of decrying “unfettered capitalism” to justify the imposition of added fetters of various sorts on our freedom to choose how and with whom to productively associate. For instance, Jonah Goldberg noted late last year how it...

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20 Dec The Hidden Hold Up to American Innovation

Posted at 20:46h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

Imagine being able to find housing in San Francisco for the same price as in Pennsylvania or being able to travel between cities in a fraction of the time it takes to drive—without the hassle of flying. What if life-saving medical centers were built in communities...

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19 Dec Quotation of the day on illogical alarmism over COVID and the biggest power grab ever….

Posted at 08:34h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share via Email …. is from Alyssa’s Ahlghen’s article “Panic, power and the pandemic“: We have lost our minds. We have said goodbye to any semblance of rationality or assessment of data and said hello to illogical alarmism. A virus...

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18 Dec How the State Spreads Mass Hysteria | Philipp Bagus

Posted at 17:05h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

The history of mass hysteria, or mass sociogenic illness is fascinating. Cases of mass hysteria have been documented since the Middle Ages. Let me just mention a few of the more recent cases. When a radio play by Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, was broadcasted in...

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18 Dec College Costs

Posted at 06:23h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Politicians promise to help everyone go to college. But they just make college more EXPENSIVE.----Don't miss the weekly video from Stossel TV. Sign up here: https://ift.tt/37hRbtg ----Did you know that the University of Missouri is proud to have a “leisure resort” on campus? Naomi Riley,...

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18 Dec How Pope Francis Gets “the Common Good” Wrong

Posted at 06:19h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In a New York Times op-ed full of musings on how to “build a better, different, human future,” Pope Francis praised world governments for putting “the well-being of their people first” while ridiculing critics of the covid-19 lockdowns. Juxtaposed with Francis’s condemnation of skeptics in the...

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17 Dec How the State Spreads Mass Hysteria

Posted at 08:48h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The history of mass hysteria, or mass sociogenic illness is fascinating. Cases of mass hysteria have been documented since the Middle Ages. Let me just mention a few of the more recent cases. When a radio play by Orson Welles, War of the Worlds, was broadcasted in...

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