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28 Sep Immigration and the Open Society

Posted at 13:45h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Freedom is “in some way a very ordinary thing, consisting in not being hindered or obstructed in the pursuit of our everyday ends, or watched as we go about our business, or prevented from associating with others.” In his book Immigration and Freedom, Chandran Kukathas...

28 Sep The Costly but Deliberate U.S. Labor Shortage

Posted at 13:42h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

For more than a year, due mainly to illiberal policies associated with Covid-phobia and lockdowns, the U.S. has experienced various types and magnitudes of labor shortages. In short, the quantity of labor demanded by would-be employers has exceeded quantities supplied by would-be employees, especially in...

21 Sep Why the Federalists Hated the Bill of Rights

Posted at 10:33h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The Constitution had been ratified and was going into effect, and the next great question before the country was the spate of amendments which the Federalists had reluctantly agreed to recommend at the state conventions. Would they, as Madison and the other Federalists wanted, be...

21 Sep On the Debt Limit

Posted at 10:29h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Remember this?Mr. President, I rise today to talk about America’s debt problem. The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It...

20 Sep The Misuse of Knowledge in Society: Intervention Means Prices are Lying

Posted at 14:04h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In his excellent book The Undercover Economist, Tim Harford referred to a competitive market as a “world of truth.” The free market’s invisible hand leads us to produce the right things the right way in the right proportions and for the right people. In other...

20 Sep Signaling: The Play

Posted at 14:02h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

My friend Jason Ford wrote this little play, inspired by The Case Against Education. Enjoy! Three Mercedes By Jason Ford (The Admissions Office at Foxmoor College in the Philadelphia Suburbs. Bart Amblin, the Head of Admissions, is seated at his desk.) BART (on phone) Send in the next candidate please. (Enter Melissa...

20 Sep Why Totalitarians Promote Hate

Posted at 14:02h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In Upstate New York, thirty Lewis County General Hospital health clinicians resigned rather than take the mandated Covid shot. Six of those who resigned worked in the maternity unit; the hospital shut down the maternity unit until new nurses who are vaccinated can be recruited. Other...

20 Sep Public Spaces in the Digital Age

Posted at 14:01h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The nature of public space in America has been thoroughly transformed since the beginning of the 21st century. Public squares, parks, movie theaters, restaurants, and shopping centers now compete with social-media sites, video-conferencing software, dating apps, entertainment platforms, and online mega-stores as the “places” where...

20 Sep That’s None of Your Business, Actually

Posted at 13:59h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

At the basis of political economy lies the idea that government assemblies ought to meddle with the personal decisions made by individuals. If people don’t act, value, believe, transact, or uphold the values that hold sway among a government and its cronies at any given...

20 Sep Covid Lockdowns Signal the Rise of Public Policy by Ransom

Posted at 13:53h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Public commentator Amanda Marcotte is “incandescent with rage”—her words—with those who refuse to be vaccinated against covid-19.1 She wants to get back to her spin class, and the unvaccinated are ruining it for her. Lockdowns and other restrictions on gymnasiums have either closed them or required...