Voluntary Exchange Sources

05 Mar Should We Wear Masks Always and Forever? A Response to Bob Lawson

Posted at 22:29h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Michael F. Cannon Economist Bob Lawson writes: I have yet to see an argument for wearing masks (and distancing) now that doesn’t apply literally at all times. If you accept that masks have some effectiveness against spreading diseases, which seems reasonable, why should they not always be...

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05 Mar Lockdown Tyranny

Posted at 22:29h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

(Don Boudreaux) TweetThose of you who doubt that Covid Derangement Syndrome doesn’t fuel police-state brutality – those of you who remain silent amidst the tyranny unleashed in the name of “protecting” people from Covid-19 – please watch this video of a young woman being arrested...

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04 Mar The Covid Crucible

Posted at 17:21h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

“The books are to remind us what asses and fools we are,” says Faber to Montag in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. The world yet awaits that germinal work of fiction that will encapsulate the horrors of the Covid pandemic. One hopes it is “in press,” about...

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04 Mar Pat Toomey and Brown University Economist Refute Anti-Capitalist Narrative at Senate Hearing on ‘Racial Wealth Gap’

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On Thursday, dueling visions of capitalism and finance clashed in a Senate Banking Committee hearing focused on the racial wealth gap.  The event, titled “Wall Street vs. Workers: How the Financial System Hurts Workers and Widens the Racial Wealth Gap,” offered a clear message from the...

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04 Mar Economics In One Lesson Is Still the Best Layman’s Intro to Economics

Posted at 17:15h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

A line in a recent National Post news story left me aghast: “Economists are nearly unanimous in their support for the $381-billion deficit Ottawa plans to run in 2021.” One of Canada’s more reasonable newspapers, founded by Conrad Black, published the outlandish notion that unprecedented Keynesian deficit spending...

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04 Mar Adaptiveness of the Private Sector in This Pandemic Should Be Celebrated

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Ryan Bourne A great unknown from the pandemic will be its lasting impact on entrepreneurship. A lot of business owners will not have ever imagined that their company could be shuttered for a year. Others will have suffered from not being able to test ideas or products in...

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04 Mar 2021 Hayek Prize Finalist: Johan Norberg

Posted at 17:13h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Video Transcript Brian Anderson: Welcome back to the Ten Blocks podcast. And hello again, if...

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03 Mar The Wisdom of Walter E. Williams

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(Don Boudreaux) TweetFrom 35 years ago is this lecture by my late, great colleague – and much-missed dear friend – Walter Williams. Read the Full Article here: >Cafe HayekCafe Hayek...

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03 Mar Everyone Is Essential

Posted at 16:49h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

Politicians have too much power over our lives. Many used the pandemic as another excuse to take more. Early on, politicians declared that they would decide who was “essential.” Everyone else was told to stay home. Much of the economy stopped. Millions were laid off. Then politicians relaxed...

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03 Mar These Doctors Exemplify the Virtues of Free Market Medicine

Posted at 16:44h in Voluntary Exchange Sources by one80Admin

"Direct primary care is about as close to a free market in healthcare as you've ever seen in our country," says Dr. Lee Gross.------------------Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/ReasonTV?sub_​...

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