A commonplace justification for the lockdowns and other Covid-19 restrictions imposed over the past 15 months is this: SARS-CoV-2 poses a threat to humanity that differs categorically from any of the many threats that we routinely encounter. Confronting a categorically unique monster is said to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...
(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...
An Obama-administration official challenges the conventional wisdom on human-induced climate change. Read the Full Article here: >Capital Record | National Review...
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...