Topic: Crisis

Crisis, Government, Healthcare, Regulation

Cronyism Makes the Baby Formula Shortage Worse

– May 24, 2022

“When a recall or a shortage happens, parents would have far more options in a free market than in the current regulatory mess of cronyism and protectionism.” ~ Ryan Young

Crisis, Economic History, Government, Inflation

Preparing for Payment System Fragility

– May 23, 2022

“Inflation creates many problems, including an increased risk of payment system glitches, like the shuttering of banking and credit card networks, leaving individuals economically stranded.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Government, Monetary Policy

“Woke” Fed Fell Asleep on the Job

– May 22, 2022

“With inflation raging at the highest rate in 40 years, it is time to reexamine the Fed’s legitimate responsibilities.” ~ Nicholas Curott & James McClure

Art and Culture, Crisis, Education, Government

Rutgers, Lawsuits, and Buyer’s Remorse

– May 22, 2022

“The federal lawsuits, one a class action and the other a whistleblower litigation, claim the New Jersey business school concocted the hoax to obtain top ratings with publications such as U.S. News & World Report.” ~ Gregory Bresiger

Crisis, Economic Education, Government

All Costs Considered

– May 21, 2022

“When facing calls to ‘do something’ no matter the cost, we must remember that there is no magic wand, nor are there solutions, only trade-offs.” ~ David Gillette & Caroline Wright

Art and Culture, Crisis, Free Markets, History

Many Workers May Never Return to the Office, and That’s a Good Thing

– May 20, 2022

“It seems safe to predict that the percentage of white-collar workers reporting to their workplace every day may never reach the levels of early 2020. After all, working and living in the same place is just natural.” ~ Eli Lehrer

Crisis, Education, Government

Let’s Cancel Student Loans – Not Forgive Them, But Cancel the Program

– May 20, 2022

“Higher education in the US is bloated and dysfunctional because federal meddling turned it into a mass entitlement. Turn off the federal spigot and it will rapidly improve.” ~ George Leef

Crisis, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Video

Who Is to Blame for Inflation? (Video)

– May 20, 2022

“Is ‘Putin’s Price Hike’ real? Are supply chain disturbances the most significant source of inflation, or is there more to the story? Thomas Hogan gives us his perspective on the causes of inflation.” ~ Kate Wand

Art and Culture, Crisis, Education, Government

A Path for University Reform

– May 19, 2022

“Reducing bureaucracy saves money and race and ethnicity-blind admissions ends unpopular discrimination. But as importantly, both advance rather than undermine the primary missions of the university, particularly its modeling of epistemic openness.” ~ John O. McGinnis

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Red Science, Blue Science, What Science, No Science

– May 19, 2022

“Our slender comprehension of the mysteries of the universe will be entirely undone by anything that prevents open debate about scientific evidence – regardless of whether this disruption emerges from partisanship or censorship.” ~ Chris Bateman

Crisis, Government, History

Can We Revive the Old Constitution?

– May 12, 2022

“The New Deal constructed numerous federal departments and agencies to regulate the private sector for general, nebulous ends. In effect, we received a new constitution.” ~ Richard M. Reinsch II

Crisis, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Philosophy

For the Least of These: Against Inflation Economics

– May 8, 2022

“To tame the inflationary beast and to build a more humane economy, especially for the poor, we need to grapple with inflation’s practical and moral effects.” ~ Dylan Pahman & Alexander William Salter