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04 May What Marianne Williamson Gets Wrong About Competition

Posted at 21:43h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Marianne Williamson is no stranger to progressive politics. Known as Oprah Winfrey’s spiritual advisor, she has written extensively about her views and even ran for the Democratic nomination for the 2020 presidential election. She advocates a wealth tax, universal healthcare, free public college, and a...

04 May The Sterility of Intellectual Standardization

Posted at 21:40h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The AustrianThe Sterility of Intellectual Standardization Devine responds to the critics who claim that capitalism is increasingly under attack because it promotes a collapse of moral values. Devine is fully capable of handling these accusations and has written a book worth reading. Hide Author Box: Sticky wire...

04 May The State of Modern Economics

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The AustrianThe State of Modern Economics In the last ten to twenty years, there’s been a real shift in mainstream economics—both micro and macro—away from theory and toward what you might call atheoretical inductive empirical work. This is not for the better. Hide Author Box: Sticky wire...

04 May A Software Company Comes Up With a Brilliant Corporate Speech Policy

Posted at 07:25h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Basecamp is remote work software that provides a single online environment in which workers on a single project can consolidate everything they do on that project. No matter where you are, there’s a virtual meeting space in cyberspace. That’s pretty cool. What’s really cool about Basecamp, though, is...

04 May A Pandemic of Fear

Posted at 07:22h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself-nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance” Franklin Delano Roosevelt Inaugural Address “Hell is empty, and all the devils are here.” William Shakespeare, The Tempest We have now clocked 14 months and...

04 May Some Covid Links

Posted at 07:17h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetWriting in today’s Wall Street Journal, Charley Hooper and David Henderson clearly explain the differential impact of Covid-19 – and of protections aimed at mitigating Covid-19 – on the young as compared to the elderly. Two slices: Now that the Covid-19 pandemic seems to...

04 May Questioning the Climate-Change Narrative

Posted at 07:16h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

An Obama-administration official challenges the conventional wisdom on human-induced climate change. Read the Full Article here: >Capital Record | National Review...

04 May Enough with the COVID Zealots

Posted at 07:16h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The time for acquiescence has passed. The moment instead demands mockery, exasperation, and, if it comes to it, a thorough raising of the middle finger. Read the Full Article here: >Capital Record | National Review...

03 May Lockdowns are No Substitute for Focused Protection

Posted at 18:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The most vulnerable groups in the US, which have been least able to afford the lockdowns and school closures, have been devastated by unscientific ineffective policies and have been hardest hit by Covid-19. The health of a nation is directly tied to the socioeconomic health...

03 May Anti-Communism and Anti-Racism