Voluntary Exchange Sources

18 Mar Government Is No Match for the Coronavirus

Posted at 22:54h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The coronavirus is reminding everyone that you cannot rely on government and that ultimately it is the private sector that will provide the solutions. Many nonmedical government officials and members of the media are predicting massive cases of COVID-19 and death, when in fact no...

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18 Mar Empty Shelves Are Not a Result of Free Market Capitalism

Posted at 22:51h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

You’ve seen the pictures on your social media feeds: Empty shelves across America. Panic-buying. Hoarding. You might have even seen comments from self-described socialists saying, “Here’s what the US looks like under capitalism in a crisis” and perhaps mocking people who point to regularly...

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18 Mar Wrong Lessons That May Be Learned from the Coronavirus Crisis

Posted at 22:51h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Momentous events usually leave strong memories on those who have lived through them, and those memories often become passed on to later generations in the form of historical interpretations of why and what had happened in the past. This has certainly been so in...

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18 Mar The Importance of Rising Prices in a Crisis

Posted at 22:48h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“We don’t have any…!” Fill in the blank. People are stocking up on things, fearing that we will be stuck in our homes, under quarantine, without essential supplies. Some hoard toilet paper. A popular internet video features someone driving up to what appears to...

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18 Mar The *Love Letter* has a P.S.

Posted at 09:43h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

As people start reacting to Covid-19, they are looking mostly to the larger businesses for assistance. Costco and Walmart are packed. Amazon and UPS are delivering our packages. For entertainment at home, Americans are relying on Netflix and the cable companies. For information on Covid-19,...

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18 Mar Dead Wrong® with Johan Norberg – Global Society According to the UN

Posted at 09:30h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“Systemic inequalities are deeply damaging our society,” “something in our global society is not working.” That’s what I learn from the new Human Development Report from the United Nations Development Programme. Dead Wrong®.Check out our Facebook page here: https://ift.tt/29CmLrALearn more about our company and watch...

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18 Mar No, David Brooks, Pandemics Don’t Kill Compassion

Posted at 07:10h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

My column this week is a response to David Brooks, who had claimed that pandemics kill compassion and that they "inflame class divisions." Please read the entire column (mine, not Brooks, though if you want to read Brooks don't let me stop you) at...

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18 Mar Unemployment insurance pandemic conundrum

Posted at 07:07h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Should the government make unemployment insurance more generous and easier to get in the pandemic recession? Well, yes, but it's not ideal, and a good point on which to ponder the difference between a pandemic recession and a conventional recession.To get unemployment insurance, you have...

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18 Mar Washington’s Response to the Virus

Posted at 07:02h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In our society, not everything has to be coordinated from above. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...

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17 Mar The Myth That the President and the Fed Direct the Stock Market

Posted at 14:20h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

If you own stocks, you’re probably searching for explanations about the sudden bear market. The answers you find likely start with an event: what the Fed does, what President Trump does, or what the coronavirus does. For example, last week, news stories conflated a speech by...

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