Topic: Crisis

A Conversation On The Degradation of Economic Freedom

– August 3, 2021

“On this episode of the AIER Authors Corner Ethan Yang interviews Timothy Sandefur, who is the Vice President for Litigation at the Goldwater Institute, a public interest law firm specializing in advancing civil and economic freedoms.” ~ AIER

Crisis, History, Science

The Rise of the Erudite Technocrats

– August 2, 2021

“The expert, as ushered into politics by people like Jan Tinbergen’s brand of highly capable and motivated scientists, has been here for a long time. Whether they’re here to stay is a different matter.” ~ Joakim Book

Crisis, Government, Science

Covid Policy and Outcomes

– August 2, 2021

“Science was repeatedly invoked, but at least the actions I examined here were not supported by science. The reason for this may have been identified by Lord Acton in the 19th century. ‘Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'” ~ Gerald P. O’Driscoll, Jr.

Crisis, Government, Science

Let’s Not Repeat the Same Mistakes With the Delta Variant

– August 2, 2021

“The real danger with all of this is whether or not we are going to get the same incoherent set of impositions on our lives as the first few waves. Those in power should tread lightly because they truly have worn our patience thin for what is becoming far too long.” ~ Ethan Yang

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Media

Will More Media Bias Save Democracy?

– July 31, 2021

“Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan is urging journalists to become openly biased. Sullivan claims this is necessary to save democracy. But most Washington reporters have more affection for Leviathan than for liberty or democracy.” ~ James Bovard

Crisis, Government, Media

CNN’s Death Toll

– July 30, 2021

“Throughout the pandemic, CNN and certain other cable news networks deliberately induced panic in order to boost their ratings and the CDC recently revealed that anxiety is the second most important contributing factor to death from/with Covid. Mass media pundits may have been as deadly as Masses or mass meetings.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Government, International

Sweden: Despite Variants, No Lockdowns, No Daily Covid Deaths

– July 30, 2021

“Thus the country the media loved to hate is reaping the best of all worlds: Few current cases and deaths, stronger economic growth than the lockdown countries, and its people never experienced the yoke of tyranny.” ~ Michael Fumento

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

It’s Time to End the Covid Mandates

– July 29, 2021

“It is time to set aside ‘temporary’ emergency policies. A year and a half of restrictions on individual liberty is too long, has given the government too much power, and has set a bad precedent that is likely to have negative effects on our liberties down the road.” ~ Randall G. Holcombe

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Science

Scientific Authoritarianism Erodes Private Property and Human Liberty

– July 29, 2021

“Scientists that seek to present a unified and authoritative voice or are guided by partisan interests should not be trusted when they opine on ‘public health’ or the natural environment. Resisting the advance of scientific authoritarianism has become the front line for the protection of human liberty and the sanctity of private property.” ~ Christopher Lingle

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Education

Federal Court Rules Against Closing Private Schools

– July 29, 2021

“The Court’s ruling was a long-overdue check on the egos of California’s leaders who, through the entire pandemic, treated its citizens like lab rats. Its lockdown policies have been the most severe and the most arbitrary, paying little attention to evidence or the law.” ~ Ethan Yang

Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Government

More Government Debt as Far as the Fiscal Eye Can See

– July 28, 2021

“What is the ethics, James Buchanan asked, of a fiscal system under which incentives exist and come into play that enable the current generation of taxpayers and recipients of government programs to shift part of the burden to pay for them to future generations?” ~ Richard M. Ebeling

Crisis, Government, Public Choice and Public Policy, Science

How a Psychic Healer Blog Convinced the Government to Fund “Long Covid” Research

– July 27, 2021

“The doors have, sadly, been thrown wide open to psychic healing and alternative wellness gibberish. Lockdowner scientists have, in turn, given these suspect claims and defective survey designs a welcome home in the most prestigious institutions of journalism, government, and the ivory tower.” ~ Phillip W. Magness