News From London, Ontario, And Beyond

Why Rothbard Wanted “Radical Decentralization”

April 1, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… Secession and decentralization are good for two reasons: they move us toward a society with more individual freedom. And smaller, more decentralized societies are more economically free. 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 →

Why Taiwan Hasn’t Shut Down Its Economy

March 29, 2020 – Javier Caramés Sanchez & William Hongsong Wang …… Taiwan’s response to COVID-19 mostly means self-imposed quarantines and more transparency. It’s basically the opposite of what Europe is doing. Continue reading →

Trading Liberty for Security

March 28, 2020 – Jacob G. Hornberger …… There was a good reason why our American ancestors failed to include an emergency exception in the Bill of Rights. It was because they knew that throughout history emergencies have been the time-honored way by which people lose their liberty. Continue reading →

COVID-19: The “Experts” Have No Crystal Ball

March 28, 2020 – Allan Stevo …… The 2016 election was an important reminder that most experts were totally wrong in their predictions of what would happen. Now the experts are claiming that freedom and markets must be abandoned based on new guesses about the future. Continue reading →

The End of Civilization?

March 28, 2020 – Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. …… Even if the COVID-19 virus turns out to be more severe than the skeptics give us reason to think it is, we can get through it. We cannot survive the end of the division of labor. It would be the finish of civilization as we know it. Continue reading →

Diseases Are Bad. Government-Forced Shutdowns Are Often Worse.

March 27, 2020 – Antony P. Mueller …… There is a reason to panic. But the panic should be over how governments—who know so very little about the virus that they have decided warrants destroying the global economy—will create many new threats to health and well-being through their policies. Continue reading →