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Many Americans expect or want a national response to the coronavirus akin to that of Italy with its nationwide lockdown. President Trump has been right to avoid heavy-handed federal mandates based on fear and panic.
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By John C. Goodman (Forbes, 3/17/20)
The coronavirus outbreak has created an opportunity for bolder, useful reforms under the rubric of emergency authority. These improvements include enabling more telemedicine, more concierge care (a.k.a. direct primary care), more Health Savings Account efficiencies, and more doctors practicing medicine across state lines.
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By Robert P. Murphy (Mises.org, 3/16/20)
If the Federal Reserve had announced it was buying $1.5 trillion in military hardware, everyone would recognize this as a gift to defense contractors and their suppliers. Yet when the Fed announced recently it would buy go on a comparable buying binge in the repo market, few analysts recognized that the main beneficiaries would be not only holders of U.S. Treasury debt, but also the U.S. Treasury itself.
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By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 3/10/20)
The new virus and the stock-market plunge will devastate college endowments, donations, and pension funds. Especially vulnerable are tuition-dependent schools without much endowment, including most HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities), many non-selective state schools, and some community colleges.
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By K. Lloyd Billingsley (The Daily Caller, 3/17/20)
Sen. Bernie Sanders complains more about Wall Street “greed” than about the human rights abuses inflicted by the socialist dictatorships whose “successes” he has praised. During their March 15 televised debate, Sen. Joe Biden was right to castigate Sanders for lauding these regimes, yet he added, “If Bernie is the nominee, I will support him and campaign for him.”
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Volume 22, Issue 12: March 24, 2020
By William J. Watkins Jr. (The American Spectator, 3/20/20)
Many Americans expect or want a national response to the coronavirus akin to that of Italy with its nationwide lockdown. President Trump has been right to avoid heavy-handed federal mandates based on fear and panic.
READ MORE »
Crossroads for Liberty
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
Recovering the Anti-Federalist Values of America’s First Constitution
By William J. Watkins, Jr.
By John C. Goodman (Forbes, 3/17/20)
The coronavirus outbreak has created an opportunity for bolder, useful reforms under the rubric of emergency authority. These improvements include enabling more telemedicine, more concierge care (a.k.a. direct primary care), more Health Savings Account efficiencies, and more doctors practicing medicine across state lines.
READ MORE »
By Robert P. Murphy (Mises.org, 3/16/20)
If the Federal Reserve had announced it was buying $1.5 trillion in military hardware, everyone would recognize this as a gift to defense contractors and their suppliers. Yet when the Fed announced recently it would buy go on a comparable buying binge in the repo market, few analysts recognized that the main beneficiaries would be not only holders of U.S. Treasury debt, but also the U.S. Treasury itself.
READ MORE »
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 3/10/20)
The new virus and the stock-market plunge will devastate college endowments, donations, and pension funds. Especially vulnerable are tuition-dependent schools without much endowment, including most HBCUs (historically black colleges and universities), many non-selective state schools, and some community colleges.
READ MORE »
By K. Lloyd Billingsley (The Daily Caller, 3/17/20)
Sen. Bernie Sanders complains more about Wall Street “greed” than about the human rights abuses inflicted by the socialist dictatorships whose “successes” he has praised. During their March 15 televised debate, Sen. Joe Biden was right to castigate Sanders for lauding these regimes, yet he added, “If Bernie is the nominee, I will support him and campaign for him.”
READ MORE »
Best Books on the Folly of Socialism
What Everyone Should Know About the Practical and Moral Failures of the Socialist Project
What Everyone Should Know About the Practical and Moral Failures of the Socialist Project
By Williamson M. Evers
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
- Fighting Coronavirus by Breaking the Chains of Needless Regulation, by Craig Eyermann
- Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste, by Peter Klein
- What C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Teaches Us About Politics, by Gary Galles
- Coronacrisis and Leviathan, by Peter Klein
- “Let Them Stay at the W!” San Francisco’s Privileged Respond to the Coronavirus Threat, by Mary L. G. Theroux
- Will the Push for Social Equality Undermine Social Harmony?, by James A. Montanye
- No $1,000 Handouts, End Payroll Taxes!, by Harmeet K. Dhillon
- Does the Coronavirus Favor the Left or the Right?, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
- California Would Have Low-Cost Housing If Government Allowed It: The Mortenson Experiment, by Lawrence J. McQuillan
- Forgive Me if I Don’t Fall Right into Line with the New Fascism, by Harmeet K. Dhillon
- Favor Local Action to Combat the Coronavirus, by Raymond J. March
- California’s Awful AB 5 Demos Pillage People Pedagogy, by K. Lloyd Billingsley
- COVID-19 and Your Constitutional Rights, by Randall G. Holcombe
- U.S. Withdrawal Agreement from Afghanistan: Progress but Less than Meets the Eye, by Ivan Eland
- Fear: The Fuel of Government Power, by Mary L. G. Theroux
Catalyst: New Articles
- Favor Local Action to Combat the Coronavirus, by Raymond J. March
- Fear: The Fuel of Government Power, by Mary Theroux
- It’s Time to Reform Section 8, by Scott Beyer
