Individual Freedom Works for COVID-19 Mitigation in Sweden
“Laissez-faire” Stockholm seems to fare better than locked-down New York.
A May Day Remembrance
The inescapable conclusion of the Mises-Hayek argument about socialist calculation is that an efficient socialist society cannot be designed.
United States Needs Freedom, Not Fascism
America does not need the command-and-control planning authorized under the Defense Production Act to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it needs greater deregulation to free the entrepreneurial discovery process. In short, the United States needs more economic freedom, not fascism.
The Conquest of America by Communist China
In implementing these types of dictates and commands, with the implied attitude that government officials have no restraints on their controls and decrees other than the ones they decide to impose on themselves, American politicians are no different than their implicit mentors in Beijing, China.
Today’s Americans and Yesteryear’s Americans
My prediction is that Americans, left to their own tendencies, will roar together as giants and will ignore the political and media crybabies.
Let People Try New Drugs
We need new drugs to fight COVID-19 and other diseases. But our government’s approval process makes that too hard.
Green Jobs: A Bipartisan Mirage
Are green jobs the bipartisan silver bullet they’re cracked up to be or are they instead a bipartisan mirage?
Supply-Side Panglossians are Not Objective
Capitalism (and economic analysis) requires reason, not faith, facts, not what feels good. The supply side is the right side, but the Pollyannas must cease their bias and at least try becoming more objective. They must defend the right policies, not merely those imposed by politicians they deem to be in the right because they are on the right.
Canada: No Shortages Thanks To No National Law Against “Price Gouging”
In contrast to Canada, which has no national restrictions against price gouging, 39 American states now have stringent laws or executive orders against raising prices during emergencies.
