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13 Mar CDC vs. Common Sense

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The death of Common Sense begins with the words initiated by the morass of Bureaucracy couched in safety and security. Indeed, and according to past President Ronald Reagan, the most frightening words to hear in the English language are para ‘We’re here from the government...

11 Mar Great Cowen Interview of John Cochrane

Posted at 22:52h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Yesterday, Tyler Cowen published his interview with Hoover Institution economist John Cochrane. It’s a lot of fun and full of insights. I recommend the whole thing. Some fun highlights follow. If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich(er)? COWEN: Brazil has very high real interest rates for decades,...

11 Mar Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich’s Second Bet

Posted at 16:13h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

In the 1960s and 1970s, environmental scares were rampant. Multiple books, such as Ernst Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful and Paul Ehrlich’s Population Bomb, forecasting a dire future were published. The connection they made was simple: the rapid pace of economic development of the West came...

10 Mar The COVID Libertarian Moment

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Liberty is part of the common good. Read the Full Article here: >National Review...

10 Mar John Cochrane on Economic Puzzles and Habits of Mind (full) | Conversations with Tyler

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What unites John Cochrane the finance economist and “grumpy” policy blogger with John Cochrane the accomplished glider pilot? For John, the answer is that each derives from the same habit of mind which seeks to reduce things down to a few fundamental principles and a...

10 Mar My excellent Conversation with John Cochrane

Posted at 16:04h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Here is the audio, transcript, and video. So many good parts it is hard to excerpt, here is part of the summary: John joined Tyler to apply that habit of mind to a number of puzzles, including why real interest rates don’t equalize across countries, what...

10 Mar Masking Children: Tragic, Unscientific, and Damaging

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Summary: Children do not readily acquire SARS-CoV-2 (very low risk), spread it to other children or teachers, or endanger parents or others at home. This is the settled science. In the rare cases where a child contracts Covid virus it is very unusual for the...

10 Mar A Libertarian’s Case For Lockdowns, with Chris Snowdon

Posted at 15:55h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Our guest is Christopher Snowdon, a freelance journalist with a focus on the intrusion of public health into the daily lives of ordinary people. He is the author of many books, including Velvet Glove; Iron Fist, A History of Anti-smoking, published in 2009, and more...

10 Mar A conversation with Tyler Cowen

Posted at 15:54h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Conversation with Tyler podcast interview. Perhaps predictably, the most challenging interview / podcast I've ever done. Video here and embed below Read the Full Article here: >The Grumpy Economist...

09 Mar Ending The Pandemic: Politicians Take Credit as Business Comes To The Rescue

Posted at 21:56h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

The vaccine rollout crawls forward. Most of us will spend weeks, or months, waiting. Great Britain did better. As of today, one-third of the English are already vaccinated, twice as many as in America. Why? A big reason is that our government decided to rigidly follow its regimen...