Commentary Public health as a profession has fallen into dispute but it is hardly the only one. The economists bear responsibility too, for it is they who should have been aggressive, open, and loud about every aspect of the pandemic policy response. And yet, they were largely silent as markets were wrecked, Congress blew up…
As the Economy Collapsed, Why Were Economists Silent?
September 26, 2022
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The Economists Self-Censored and Inflation Is a Result
September 22, 2022
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Commentary Consumer inflation rate in the United States has remained above 4 percent since April 2021, 5 percent since June 2021, and 8 percent since March 2022. This last month’s inflation report came in at 8.4 percent, above analysts’ forecasts, disappointing hopes that the inflation rate might start to subside. A significant part of the current inflation is a rather…
It Ends as It Began: As a Political Ploy
September 21, 2022
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Commentary The current U.S. president finally said it during a 60 Minutes interview: “The pandemic is over.” Though obviously true by the classical definition, Biden’s comment seemed almost accidental, said as an echoed response to a direct question. Consider, however, that many times as many people die from COVID daily in the United States (300-400) than when…
Add a Mental Health Crisis to the List
Commentary The years 2020–2022 should go down in history as an epically cataclysmic failure of the intellectuals. The intellectuals were put in charge of the levers of power and utterly wrecked the social and economic order all over the world, all in the guise of virus control. Those who were not part of implementing destructive…
John Robson: Increasing Government Intervention in Economy Won’t Fix Cost-of-Living Crisis
September 20, 2022
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Commentary Whatever is to be done about Canada’s economic problems? Actually, you don’t need to worry because (a) we don’t have any problems given the wisdom and compassion of those in charge, and (b) they just fixed those problems with more of what caused them. If you follow politics closely, including its rhetorical aspect, then…
Did the Censors Succeed?
September 19, 2022
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Commentary These days I rarely encounter people who disagree that the pandemic policy was a disaster. You can usually get a laugh at a cocktail party when making fun of sanitizer madness, 15 days to flatten the curve, ubiquitous plexiglass, or 6 feet of distance. The school closures are in disrepute, as are the restriction…
Governor Andrew Cuomo: From Hero to Goofball in One Seasonal Virus
Commentary Oh joy, another book by a hero of lockdowns! This time it is from Andrew Cuomo, who rode the disease-panic wave to the heights during the confusion of Spring 2020 before falling to the depths a year later. The adoring crowds, the fawning media, the enthralled masses all went away in a seeming flash,…
Taxpayers’ Advocacy Group Criticizes Federal Tourism Agency for Giving Bonuses During Lockdown
Employees at Destination Canada received bonuses and pay raises in 2020 and 2021 while the tourism industry shut down during COVID-19, records show. There were 84 Destination Canada employees who received a bonus in 2020, with costs totalling $617,095, according to records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) through Access to Information requests. In…
The Story of Jared Kushner and His Ventilators
Commentary You know the phrase self-aware? It does not apply to Jared Kushner, the former president’s son-in-law. He somehow weaseled his way into the center of COVID planning in the White House. He dragged along two college buds, Nat Turner and Adam Boehler, two mega-rich kids without a lick of experience in pandemics or public…
Without Economic Freedom, We Are Sunk
Commentary Jared Kushner reports in his book on a strange conversation between Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci. It took place in the White House, April 15, 2020. The economy was in shambles. Businesses were shut. Churches and schools were closed. Rights were being trampled on all over the country. The virus police ruled the country….
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