Topic: Government

Art and Culture, Government, International

Back in the USSR

– April 14, 2022

“Beach Boy Mike Love said: ‘Back in the U.S.S.R.’ was a helluva song, and it’s lasted longer than the country.’ But, joking aside, Thies’s list is worth an hour of contemplation. The set of ten songs is a noble effort against tyranny.” ~ Daniel B. Klein

Government, Regulation, Technology

Antitrust Crackdowns On Big Tech Won’t Help Consumers

– April 14, 2022

“If antitrust actions go too far, it wouldn’t deliver us an era of perfect competition or vast choices. It would deny internet consumers of innovative options and stall the entrepreneurial forces that have allowed them to grow and provide value.” ~ Yaël Ossowski

Crisis, Government, Inflation

Inflation and the Meaning of Anything

– April 13, 2022

“With the real actors and mechanisms of inflation hidden from public view by language, those who truly fuel it are free to carry on the same policies in relative obscurity and little-noted infamy.” ~ Laura Williams

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government, International

Zero COVID Horror Show in Shanghai

– April 12, 2022

“Under the classical liberal ideal, governments are formed to protect individual rights. Nothing could be further from this in Shanghai. A city of over 25 million people is being dehumanized because of a spike in largely asymptomatic COVID-19 cases.” ~ David Waugh

Crisis, Economic Education, Government, Inflation

Liberty Gardens

– April 12, 2022

“Maybe America has hit rock bottom and the current travails will induce a return to limited government. Until then, though, I suggest that you remove the rocks from your own garden, and plant yourself some Liberty this spring, summer, and fall.” ~ Robert E. Wright

Crisis, Energy, Government, Taxation

Windfall Profits Tax Redux

– April 11, 2022

“Government intervention like windfall profits taxes keeps market participants, both producers and consumers, from acting to moderate extreme price changes on either the supply or the demand sides. It’s a proven strategy for making a bad situation worse.” ~ Robert F. Mulligan

Education, Free Markets, Government

The Case Against Paying College Athletes

– April 10, 2022

“The conclusion is clear. The NCAA has its reasons for keeping its rules against paying college athletes. These should remain, for the good of fans and college athletes.” ~ Alden Abbott

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government, Science

Big Tobacco, Small Minds

– April 9, 2022

“The BMJ appears to only selectively exempt its contributors from its own financial standards, because it turns out that one of the authors of the attack on AIER has a far more direct connection to Big Tobacco than minor and indirect stock market investments.” ~ Phillip W. Magness

Education, Free Markets, Government

The Case for Paying College Athletes

– April 9, 2022

“The NCAA is a cartel, and acts like one. The new NIL rules are the start of something fairer and more honest. But it isn’t enough. Players should be paid for the value they create, same as everyone else.” ~ Ryan Young

Art and Culture, Books, Crisis, Government

A Subtly Optimistic Fable: George Leef’s The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale

– April 8, 2022

“With The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale, Leef shows that someone who truly wants the best for their neighbors and fellow citizens cannot forever ignore the compounding contradictions of rote progressivism.” ~ Jon Sanders

Crisis, Environmentalism, Free Markets, Government

The Battle for 1.5 Degrees of Warming Is Already Lost, So What’s Plan B?

– April 7, 2022

“If the understanding of the link between CO2 and warming is correct, we are not stopping at 1.5 degrees warmer than in the pre-industrial era. The IPCC indicates that we are likely to experience between 2 and 3 degrees of warming. So what do we do?” ~ James E. Hanley

Authoritarianism, Crisis, Government

Corrupt Federal Statistics Mask Government Cons

– April 7, 2022

“Politicians often rig reporting requirements to hide the damage their laws inflict. Anyone who has blind faith in federal data is unfit to judge public policy in the real world.” ~ James Bovard