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Category Archives: regulation
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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