Never Again
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During what government deems crisis, it’s those most willing and eager to flout convention and expert opinion who produce crucial information for the rest of ... Read more.
Time to Read War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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Toward the book’s end, Tolstoy wrote that “To imagine a man without freedom is impossible except as a man deprived of life.” So true. Imagine if Tolstoy h... Read more.
No, Washington Post, the Experts Were the Whole Problem
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In 2020, rather than encourage the very wealth creation that has long been the biggest foe of death and disease (by far), panicky politicians quite literally ch... Read more.
Regardless of Virus Origins, Freedom Is the Answer
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Lest the crowd that has long been properly anti-lockdown forgets, pathogens are as old as mankind is. Since they are, the accenting of where they come from is t... Read more.
The Freedom Not to Wear a Mask
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The simple truth is that the one-size-fits-all approach didn’t protect us from the virus as much as it blinded us to its reality; one that only could have bee... Read more.
Covid Controls Removed in China but Persist in the US
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Emanuel and the lockdown crowd he caucuses with lament that the return of freedom to the Chinese people “could have been done responsibly.” Too much freedom... Read more.
The Virus Response is Wrecking China’s Economic Prospects
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A growing lack of freedom in Asia’s foremost country is the surest signal we need that China’s lust for greatness is more rhetorical and performative than r... Read more.
Lockdowns Discredit Those Who Try Them, Even the CCP
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History will say that drunk with power American politicians acted like Chinese politicians only to get a Chinese result. The Chinese leadership acted Chinese on... Read more.
Xi Jingping Is Reminded that Markets Don’t Like Central Planning
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The Hang Seng correction is a reminder to politicians and pundits the world over that markets are much more powerful than politicians, and they’ll speak their... Read more.
Ben Bernanke Was the Crisis
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Left alone, recessions are the cure. The problem was that the political class tried to medicate what was healthy. Bernanke fell hard for the medication part. ... Read more.
How Lockdowns Broke Human Capital
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Politicians, policymakers, and experts who would never miss a paycheck or a meal suddenly decided that workers not like them were no longer essential. In making... Read more.
The Triumph and Glory of Air Conditioning
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The story about the mass production of air conditioners is that what were once status symbols are now common. Crucial here is that people got very rich making a... Read more.