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3 Ways Lockdowns Paved The Way For These Riots.

June 5, 2020

It's true the responsibility for the riots lies primarily with the rioters. But we cannot deny that policymakers fuel the flames of conflict when they outlaw jobs and destroy people's social support systems by cutting them off from their communities.

If All White People Are Deemed To Be Guilty Of The Original Sin Of Racism, How Can There Ever Be Cleansing?

June 4, 2020

Forget sloth. The great moral error today is whiteness. To be white is to be fallen. Whiteness has become a kind of original sin, an inherited moral defect one must atone for throughout one’s life.

Modern Poetic Justice Warrior Donald Boudreaux’s Reason Versus the ESG Investing’s Intimidation

June 3, 2020

In the face of this insanity, Boudreaux is never at a loss for words. As a principled advocate for the genius of free markets, he liberally borrows the classic ideas of the best minds in the freedom movement for his indispensable blog, Cafe Hayek. Here he quotes AIER columnist Max Gulker on the importance of market forces in solving the Wuhan virus supply-side disaster,

The Economy Would Be Better Stimulated By Wholesale Deregulation Than By Profligate Government Spending.

June 3, 2020

Congress should take a cue from President Trump and employ deregulation as an engine of economic recovery. If government simply relaxed its grip on the economy, then entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment — the drivers of growth - would flourish on their own accord.

Our Sickness Is The Health Of The State.

June 2, 2020

War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society those irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate co-operation with the Government in coercing into obedience the minority groups and individuals which lack the larger herd sense.

Individual Economics Shows Each One Of Us The Pathway To The Good Life.

June 1, 2020

Every individual plays two economic roles, as consumer and producer. In these roles, every individual is involved in transactions or exchanges. What individual economics has discovered is that, for an exchange to take place, each party to it must feel that they are benefitting. An exchange is mutually beneficial. Economics is never about exploitation, and always about shared betterment.

Politicians Panicked, Plain And Simple, And Brought On Unnecessary Unemployment And Long Term Agony.

May 31, 2020

Politicians' panic led to exponentially more unemployment and long-term agony than would have been the case had they simply told us adults to be careful. In short, let’s not let the political class hide behind a lack of knowledge and “China.” They need to pay at the ballot box.

Mandatory Masks Aren’t About Safety, They’re About Social Control.

May 30, 2020

To those looking to benefit politically from emergencies, COVID presents an opportunity to advance plans targeted to transform American freedom and the American way of life. Mandatory-masking policies provide a valuable foundation to weaponize the virus against American liberty—now and in the future.

Perceive a Contradiction? Check the Premises of Francisco d’Anconia’s and Michael Bloomberg’s Investors

May 29, 2020

Michael Bloomberg and Chesapeake Energy gave the Sierra Club $105 million to wage war on coal, before the Club waged war on Chesapeake Energy, what some see as Poetic Justice. Warren Buffett and Vladimir Putin cronies also give endless millions to Big Green.

Love The Lockdown? It’s Only Possible Because Of The Advances Of Capitalism And The Wealthy Investors Who Fund Technology.

May 28, 2020

Work from anywhere at any time would similarly have been a challenge. Not only was internet service much slower twenty years ago, not only was so much dial-up, most if not all online connections involved a cord. No moving around the apartment or house to work from anywhere. Assuming you had home internet, it was going to be utilized from a specific location.

Business Is As Honorable A Choice Of Profession As Is Medicine. We Need a New Generation Of Educators To Teach Business To Our Students.

May 27, 2020

Cooperative exchange is the foundation of honorable business. Honorable business thus calls on businesspeople to seek ways to benefit themselves only by benefiting others—which means, in essence, that they must put others’ needs, desires, and well-being on par with their own.

The Case For Optimism: Post COVID-19 Is The Time To De-Regulate And Get Rid Of The Special Interest Leeches Who Drain Our Economy.

May 26, 2020

Our economy in the fall of 2020 will look more like an economy emerging from a bitter war than any time since the fall of 1945. All those interest group commitments that normally would be sapping our national vitality will be up for grabs. A fresh start on regulation is actually a great tonic for economic anemia.

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