We
are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best
articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.
Overall
our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a
pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make
responses to the pandemic inadequate.
1) Unlinked news item:
A friend of the owner of American Libertarian told us years ago that When Rose Law Firm attorney and First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Clinton broke the glass ceiling at Walmart by becoming their first female member of the board of directors, she became the tie-breaking vote to end their "Buy America" policy.
So the coronavirus pandemic is really her fault.
2) China (partially) owned Phoenix TV network is in White House press corp. (Daily Caller)
3) China seizes medical supplies owned by U.S. manufacturers. (American Military News)
4) Mainstream media in business deals (undisclosed) with China. (American Conservative)
5) Cuomo was wrong, Trump was right, about ventilators. (The Federalist)
6) African Americans more likely to have underlying conditions that make coronavirus dangerous. (NEWSONE)
7) Suburban Washington, D.C. county considers mandating wearing masks in public. (FOX5DC)
8) Dennis Quaid praises Trump's handling of coronavirus. (Breitbart)
9) How CDC and FDA regulation wrecked the economy. (reason)
10) Christians complain that religious activities are banned, but not shopping. And note that 10 states with little mandatory closings are among those with the lowest number of infections. (Remnant Newspaper)
We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.
Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.
1) Swedes continue to be free.
2) Mathematical models don't seem to be able to predict coronavirus, and yet politicians want to use it as an occasion for central planning.
3) Should we sacrifice most of the country for New York (New Orleans, etc.)?
5) Mayor de Blasio lied to citizens about need to wear masks.
6) Some Chinese sell bear bile as coronavirus cure.
7) A Wuhan pictorial.
8) Current pandemic reveals need to abolish the FDA.
9) Europe bans export of medical gear.
10) Dr. Fauci says we aren't half-way through pandemic.
We are offering our top 10 selections, probably daily, of the best articles and podcasts on COVID-19 and American policy responses.
Overall our reading leads us to think there ARE and SHOULD BE "libertarians in a pandemic," and that indeed non-libertarian policies are what make responses to the pandemic inadequate.
1) Federalist editor Madeline Osburn reports that the scientist whose model had been used to predict an unprecedented pandemic is now walking his predictions back.
2) New Scientist reports that the Imperial college scientist whose model had been used for prediction has drastically lowered his predictions.
3) Federalist contributor Mollie Hemingway reports on media using debunked models and statistics in COVID-19 reporting, for political reasons.
4) Johan Norberg reports from Sweden that the Swedes are not closing businesses or schools.
5) Javier Sanchez and Willliam Hongsong Wang report from Taiwan that Taiwan is also not closing schools and businesses.
6) George Mason University economist Alex Tabborak discusses how the CDC's and FDA's attempt to centrally plan and monopolize test production worsened the pandemic.
7) Richard Epstein revises upward his earlier prediction that COVID-19 was little worse than annual flu seasons, but maintains that the standard predictions were still wrong.
8) Mercatus Center economist Veronique de Rugy reports on how the private sector saved the day.
9) France decides not to shut down businesses in minority immigrant neighborhoods, which would seem to raise all kinds of questions about equal treatment under the law.
10) Fifty five million public school students are now digital homeschooling. Will they want to go back to government schools?
