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18 Mar A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society

Posted at 22:36h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

I have recently completed a book titled A Declaration and Constitution for a Free Society (Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2021). The book modifies the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution to make them fully consistent with the protection of individual rights and freedom.  Some...

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18 Mar Prices Are Set to Soar – El American

Posted at 17:25h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

[Leer en español]“Government,” observed the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, “is the only institution that can take a valuable commodity like paper and make it worthless by applying ink.”Mises was describing the curse of inflation, the process whereby government expands a nation’s money supply...

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18 Mar School Closure Advocates and Their Own Actions

Posted at 15:52h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Jordan Schachtel, an investigative journalist and AIER contributor, recently made an important observation that has gotten relatively little press attention at the time of this writing. He pointed out that Eric Feigl-Ding, a highly regarded American epidemiologist, staunch lockdown advocate, and vocal school closure proponent,...

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18 Mar Only Ending Lockdowns Can Stimulate the Economy

Posted at 15:52h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Last week, President Biden signed legislation that will increase fiscal spending by $1.9 trillion. While often referred to as a “stimulus” bill, it might be better described as “relief” (although in truth, most of the spending is neither for relief nor stimulus).  The prior week, a...

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18 Mar The Never-Ending Battle between Leviathan and Liberty

Posted at 15:52h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The notion that Americans will always be free is part of the catechism that is force-fed to public school students. For hundreds of years, philosophers, politicians, and reformers have touted a law of history that assures the ultimate triumph of freedom. “Oppressed people cannot remain...

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18 Mar Stop the Cartoonish Excuses for Covid Restrictions

Posted at 15:52h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Although I enjoyed the study of economics much more than I enjoyed the study of law, I’ve always been happy with my decision to earn a law degree on top of my degree in economics. By exposing me to real-world details that I’d otherwise have...

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18 Mar Stop the Cartoonish Excuses for Covid Restrictions

Posted at 15:51h in Uncategorized by one80Admin

Although I enjoyed the study of economics much more than I enjoyed the study of law, I’ve always been happy with my decision to earn a law degree on top of my degree in economics. By exposing me to real-world details that I’d otherwise have...

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18 Mar Stop the Cartoonish Justifications for Lockdowns and Mask Mandates

Posted at 15:50h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetIn my latest column for AIER, I do my best to explain why pointing to the transmissibility of the coronavirus and shouting “externality!” or “non-aggression principle!” is insufficient to justify lockdowns, mask mandates, and other restrictions imposed for the purpose of fighting Covid-19....

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18 Mar Disruption of Universities – The COVID Disruption Series

Posted at 15:15h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

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18 Mar Massachusetts Bans Dancing Like It’s 1684

Posted at 15:06h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The state of Massachusetts has now entered Phase III Step 2 of a reopening, which means all sorts of amazing nonsense cobbled together by people with power who imagine that their high-end credentials grant them the intelligence to outsmart a virus. Not that many citizens...

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