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While the West Panicked, Some Asian Regimes Took a Different Path

April 15, 2020 – Mihai Macovei …… Even Now, Japan and Hong Kong are moving only very slowly toward economic “lockdowns.” Korea and Taiwan employ different strategies altogether. Continue reading →

Why Mexico Fears Shutting Down Its Economy to Combat COVID-19

April 14, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Although bureaucrats with safe jobs and luxury homes like Anthony Fauci continue to insist mass unemployment is merely “inconvenient,” job losses mean many Mexicans could be staring grinding poverty in the face. Continue reading →

Why Central Planning by Medical Experts Will Lead to Disaster

April 13, 2020 – Gary Galles …… Medical experts have tunnel vision when it comes to disease and public policy, and they greatly overestimate their own abilities to anticipate unintended costs and consequences. Continue reading →

Creating More Money Won’t Revive the Economy

April 12, 2020 – Frank Shostak …… What the economy needs now is more real savings and more real production. Creating more money will not help with either of these things. Continue reading →

Toilet Paper Econ 101

April 11, 2020 – Dan Sanchez …… The real mystery is full shelves, not empty ones. Continue reading →

Why Rationing Food Instead of Raising Prices Could Be Exposing More People to COVID-19

April 11, 2020 – Jonathan Miltimore …… If millions of Americans are making more trips to the grocery because of anti-price gouging laws or sentiment, it would be a sad irony. Continue reading →

The COVID-19 “Lockdowns” Are What Twenty-First-Century Mob Rule Looks Like

April 10, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… There is a misconception among critics of the COVID-19 lockdowns that they’re being imposed over the howls of the local population, which wants freedom. If only that were true. Continue reading →

Life and Health Are at Stake as the Economy Grinds to a Halt

April 10, 2020 – Cory D. Carpenter …… The quality of the models being used by politicians to set COVID-19 policy is only as good as the data collected. Unfortunately, the data is not very good. Meanwhile, real costs arise from the ruined economy. Continue reading →

Égalité, Fraternité, Captivité

April 9, 2020 – Shane J. Coules …… What we can learn from the Patriot Act is that during a time of crisis governments can pass legislation that impacts citizens’ lives long after the crisis of the day has passed. Continue reading →

Yes, There Are Tradeoffs between Disease Prevention and Economic Destruction

April 9, 2020 – Claus Wiemann Frølund …… Noneconomists struggle to realize that scarcity results in the necessity of tradeoffs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this difference in thinking causes them to wrongly accuse economists of “prioritizing money over lives.” Continue reading →

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