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05 Apr Tyler Cowen on the Pandemic, Revisited

Posted at 17:36h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Blogger, author, podcaster, economist Tyler Cowen of George Mason University discusses the lessons learned from the pandemic with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Appearing roughly one year after his first conversation on the pandemic, Cowen revisits the predictions he made then and what he has learned for the next...

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05 Apr Covid Has Made Where You Live Matter Even More

Posted at 17:34h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The pandemic has deepened America’s state and regional differences — and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Read the Full Article here: >Tyler Cowen - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist...

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05 Apr Russ Roberts and I revisit the pandemic, one year later, in an EconTalk podcast

Posted at 17:31h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Here goes, interesting throughout.  Here was our original podcast, also done as a CWT. The post Russ Roberts and I revisit the pandemic, one year later, in an EconTalk podcast appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Read the Full Article here: >Marginal Revolution...

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05 Apr Why the Silence in the Face of Covid Tyranny?

Posted at 17:31h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

From the indispensable Lockdown Sceptics I learned recently of this job ad in Britain: This is an exciting role for an experienced communications professional and offers the opportunity to work at the heart of the Department of Health. The role is a senior leadership role within...

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05 Apr Trying to Understand the Silence

Posted at 17:31h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetIn my most-recent column for AIER I speculate – I emphasize, speculate – about why so many prominent voices for liberty are remaining silent amidst the awful assault on liberty now underway by the Covidocracy. A slice: In the Spring of 2020 the mainstream...

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05 Apr Why Have the Courts Been Deferential to Lockdowns?

Posted at 17:27h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

I think it’s safe to say that the United States is finally ending its experiment with the lockdown policies that have not only greatly failed but managed to unleash untold collateral damage on society. It doesn’t take a degree in political science to understand that...

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05 Apr Parenting Tips (and Other Helpful Advice) for Economists

Posted at 17:27h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

If you’re currently parenting a 5-year old or remember what that was like, you can skip over the next few paragraphs. You’ve lived this story before. For the rest of you, here’s the scene. It’s 6:30 on a school night. Daniela has finished her dinner. (And,...

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04 Apr Some Covid Links

Posted at 07:46h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetWriting at AIER, Phil Magness reveals pro-lockdowners’ wacky conspiracy theories. Noah Carl makes the case that the “Focused Protection” strategy advocated by the authors of the Great Barrington Declaration would have resulted in fewer deaths than did lockdowns. A slice: The most emphatic endorsement of...

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04 Apr Disease Is the Newest Excuse for Segregation

Posted at 07:46h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Walking through several airports to catch planes this week, I stepped on hundreds of stickers with the exhortation “Keep a Safe Distance. Stay 6 Feet Apart.”  It’s just a silly sticker at this point, an embarrassing relic of the great 2020 disease panic during which our...

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04 Apr Homo Avoidcovidus

Posted at 07:46h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetHere’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Editor: Thanks to Dr. Nicole Saphier for explaining that Americans are so close to herd immunity against Covid-19 that the case for mask-wearing will soon disappear (“Dr. Fauci, Tear Off These Masks,” April 3). She correctly decries...

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