If Face Masks Are Mandatory, Then It’s Time to End Mask Patents
Governments are set to make mask wearing mandatory in many places. Yet some companies are committed to limiting supply and charging monopoly prices thanks to government-created patents
Author: Kit Daniels
Another Million Homeowners Just Applied For COVID-19 Forbearance In The Past Week
The spike in distressed homeowners comes as existing home sales tumbled at the fastest rate in over four years.
Exoplanet Apparently Disappears in Latest Hubble Observations
What astronomers thought was a planet beyond our solar system has now seemingly vanished from sight
$18 a barrel: Brent oil falls to lowest point since post-9/11 plunge
Brent futures crashed by 25 percent on Tuesday afternoon
Why Markets Are Rallying as Millions Become Unemployed
Wouldn’t you feel great knowing that your stock picking is fully insured by the Fed? Billionaires and wealthy hedge fund managers know the feeling
Las Vegas Strip now a ghost town
The COVID-19 depression will expose the Las Vegas convention center bubble for what it is: a massive malinvestment
Three Reasons Why Politicians Must Leave Oil Markets Alone
Efforts by US policymakers to boost crude prices and to throw a lifeline to high-cost US crude producers is the exact opposite of what prices are telling us the market needs at this time
Money Supply Growth Surges to 92-Month High
During March 2020, year-over-year (YOY) growth in the money supply was at 11.37 percent. We’re now seeing a trend similar to what we saw during late 2008 and early 2009
US oil benchmark goes NEGATIVE for first time after 300% price plummet
Global oil storage is currently reaching its limits
Finally Kicking the GDP Habit
GDP is fine for counting up things like washing machines. But it is quite useless for counting other basic indicators of the quality of life
We Can’t Just “Restart” the Economy Where We Left Off
If we’re serious about maximizing the resources needed to combat COVID-19, we need an economy that is deregulated and flexible
The Experts Have No Idea How Many COVID-19 Cases There Are
Worst of all, this make-things-up-as-you-go attitude toward COVID-19 numbers is being draped in the mantle of “science” by bureaucrats and elected officials who seek to pander to frightened voters
Exactly How Many Deaths Are Needed to Justify Giving Governments Control of Everything?
What is the number of deaths due to disease which justifies the total abandonment of the rule of law and basic human freedoms? Sixty thousand? One hundred thousand? Three hundred thousand?
Harvard Law Prof Gets Roasted After Pushing Ban on Homeschooling
Harvard Magazine attacks homeschooling as public schools nationwide are locked down
US Federal Reserve ‘put the world on its back’ with $2.3 TRILLION injection, chief research analyst tells Boom Bust
A Fed-fueled fiat currency collapse?