Voluntary Exchange Sources

16 Mar Two Take-Aways from the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted at 09:40h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetI have nothing much of any value to add to what well-informed people – people much more informed about this matter than I am – have already said about the coronavirus. Still, in my most-recent column for AIER I do offer two  reflections...

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16 Mar The Top Economic Takeaway of the Coronavirus Panic

Posted at 09:36h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Intellectuals who write regularly for non-specialized publications are expected to dispense clever opinions about almost everything, and certainly about topics that are in the day’s headlines. Unfortunately for me, I know next to nothing about pandemics in general, or about the coronavirus specifically. And so...

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16 Mar To Kill Markets Is the Worst Possible Plan

Posted at 09:35h 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 the...

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14 Mar The Insoluble Perils of Prediction

Posted at 19:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Predictions have always been fraught with perils. Gauging the future is tricky business, a business filled with well-meaning and serious commentators drowned out by pranksters and ideologically committed imbeciles. Despite being wholly unequipped for the task of divining the future, most political pundits and financial...

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14 Mar Larry P. Arnn addresses COVID-19

Posted at 19:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Hillsdale College President Larry P. Arnn addresses students and parents regarding the COVID-19 outbreak.Support Hillsdale College: https://ift.tt/3d2CywHVisit our website: http://hillsdale.eduLearn from our online courses: https://ift.tt/1AOIySpRead Imprimis: https://ift.tt/1IhhV7PUndergraduate programs: https://ift.tt/2QhgeFZGraduate School of Statesmanship: https://ift.tt/3aX6KHIGraduate School of Government: https://ift.tt/3b0qY3zListen to Hillsdale Dialogues Podcast: https://ift.tt/1NGHliMHillsdale College is an independent...

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14 Mar Some Links

Posted at 19:47h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetGeorge Mason University alums Phil Magness and Steve Miller, writing in the Wall Street Journal, find further credible evidence against Emmanuel Saez’s and Gabriel Zucman’s incredible claim that high-income Americans pay income taxes at lower rates than do lower-income Americans. Here’s Phil’s and...

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14 Mar Celebrate the Heroes Who Stay Open

Posted at 19:37h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

I’m writing on the first Saturday of the Coronapocalpyse. I just returned from a shopping trip in town. The laundromat and dry cleaners are open. The UPS store is open. Target, Marshalls, McDonald’s, and the hardware stores are open. The farmers’ market is selling pies....

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12 Mar Special Note from Edward Stringham

Posted at 16:35h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

These are extremely stressful times for the world economy, particularly financial markets, which have fallen into bear-market territory. The possibility of recession, however temporary, is upon us. Everyone blames the prospect of pandemic disease. That’s a correct diagnosis as regards the precipitating factor. But economics...

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12 Mar The Bill That Killed Freelance

Posted at 07:13h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

A new California law is supposed to help millions of freelancers by dictating that they be hired as employees. ---- Don't miss a single video from Stossel TV. Sign up here: https://ift.tt/37hRbtg ---- “It makes sure that the 1 million independent contractors in California get the wages and benefits...

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11 Mar Quotation of the Day…

Posted at 04:30h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) Tweet…… is from page 36 of Steven Landsburg’s excellent 2019 volume, The Essential Milton Friedman: In a capitalist society, you can turn to anyone who’s willing to fund you. You can appeal to the grass roots, but that in turn might require some funds to...

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