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Category Archives: regulation
The order to reopen–who gives it?
Like all of us, President Trump is eager to reopen the economy. Does he have the authority to do so or do state governors? Fortunately, neither can force us to start eating out again, or return to our offices. We … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Money, regulation, taxes
Tagged covid-19, Federal Reserve, Germany, lock down, public health, quarantine, shelter in place, testing
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Econ 101: covid-19 resource priorities
U.S. cases of covid-19 (those testing positive for the virus that causes it) continue their exponential growth exceeding 333,000 on April 5 with over 9,500 associated deaths. In a few days some hospitals will run out of the protective equipment … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Healthcare, regulation, trade
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, face masks, price gouging, triage, ventilators
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Beating covid-19: Compulsion or Persuasion and Guidance
March 31, 2019 The number of deaths in the U.S. from covid-19 have doubled every three days over the last 22 days amounting to 3,141 by the end of March 30. At that point there were 163,788 confirmed cases (those … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, regulation
Tagged Contagion, covid-19, health, Hong Kong, pandemic, quarantine, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, vaccine
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Covid-19: What should Uncle Sam do?
On February 29 the first person in the United States died from Covid-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, the so-called novel coronavirus first observed in Wuhan, China. On March 12, three more people succumbed from this disease bringing the total … Continue reading
Posted in Healthcare, Money, regulation, taxes, trade
Tagged bail out, China, coronavirus, covid-19, Fiscal Policy, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, monetary policy, moral hazard, Peggy Noonan, SARS-CoV-2, shut down, Singapore, Taiwan, test kits
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Socialism as seen by Millennials
“Seventy percent of millennials in a new poll say that they are somewhat or extremely likely to vote for a socialist candidate.” “70-percent-of-millennials-say-theyd-vote-for-a-socialist” That, and the current lead of Bernie Sanders, a self-proclaimed Socialist, for the Presidential nomination of the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, regulation
Tagged American exceptionalism, Bernie Sanders, communism, democratic socialism, F. A. Hayek, freedom, Gen Z, liberty, Millennials, Nazism, Ralph Raico, security, Socialism, Sweden, welfare
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New tools require new rules?
A hammer can hit a nail on the head, or it can hit you (or your enemy) on the head. Most, if not all, tools have multiple uses, some good and some bad. Societies adopt rules to promote the beneficial … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics, regulation
Tagged Facebook, fact checking, facts, free speech, google, Internet, regulation, Twitter, YouTube, Zuckerberg
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The College Admissions Scandals
A few weeks ago, Ito and I went to “Admissions,” the very well performed and thought provoking play by Joshua Harmon about affirmative action, at Studio Theater. Several friends had independently attended the play and suggested that we get together … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, regulation
Tagged Admissions, Affirmative Action, bias, College admission scandal
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Net Neutrality
The issue of net neutrality is almost as complicated as the Internet (the network of networks) itself. As with so many topics, the debate over how best to maximize the development of and benefits from the Internet (email, World Wide … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, News and politics, regulation
Tagged ARPAMET, CSNET, FCC, ICC, Internet, Net neutrality, regulation, technology, WWW
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