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How the Left Is Trying to Blame Capitalism for COVID-19 Deaths

April 8, 2020 – Bradley Thomas …… The Left conveniently ignores dozens of state-dominated and state-controlled medical systems and decides that the lack of preparedness for COVID-19 was all the fault of those small slivers of healthcare systems that are actually private. Continue reading →

All Crises Are Local

April 7, 2020 – Jeff Deist …… The coronavirus demonstrates how crises become local. Continue reading →

In March, US Deaths from COVID-19 Totaled Less Than 2 Percent of All Deaths

April 7, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… How much must total mortality increase to justify a global suspension of commerce and the rule of law? One percent? Ten percent? And what if overall mortality doesn’t even go up? Continue reading →

Harvard Study Finds Consumers Don’t Care if Businesses Are Licensed, but Do Consider Customer Reviews and Pricing

April 6, 2020 – Ross Marchand …… A recent study by MIT, Harvard, Stanford, and Boston University found that consumers care far more about reviews and prices than government-mandated credentials. Continue reading →

Homeschooling Is Changing My Child—In a Good Way

April 5, 2020 – Shawnna Morris …… We have never been better-equipped to cope with a nationwide quarantine of schoolchildren. Continue reading →

Why We Need Free Markets To Fight Pandemics

April 2, 2020 – Matthew Tanous …… What needs to be done in such a crisis is not to attempt to steer the market to ensure it provides what is needed, but to let it free to do what it always does: match the goals of entrepreneurial producers with the needs of the populace. Continue reading →

End the Shutdown

March 31, 2020 – The Editors of the Mises Institute …… The lasting and far-reaching harms caused by this authoritarian precedent far outweigh those caused by the COVID-19 virus. The American people must decide for themselves how and when to reopen society and return to their daily lives. Continue reading →

This Is Not a Recession—This Is a Government-Imposed Shutdown of the Private Sector

March 31, 2020 – Hunter Hastings …… We are about to enter a production slowdown—a collapse, really—not because some businesses miscalculated their investments, but because government intervened drastically and without warning to shut down many businesses. Continue reading →

The Government’s Pandemic Strategy Is a Reckless One

March 31, 2020 – Frank Hollenbeck …… It’s time to stop pretending that the policies favored by some biologists—who know nothing about how economies work to lessen the health effects of poverty—come without grave costs to public health. Continue reading →

Oxford-Based Group Stops Using WHO Data for Coronavirus Reporting, Citing Errors

March 30, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Our World in Data researchers announced that they have stopped relying on World Health Organization data for their models. Continue reading →

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