When It Comes to Masks, There Is No “Settled Science”
This up-in-the-air nature of it all is a reminder of how immoral it is to impose mandates on people, backed with state violence
Author: Kit Daniels
There Are No Winners in the US-China “Tech War”
The alleged rise of China to impending global tech dominance is greatly overstated. And US efforts to combat China will only make American companies less competitive
Trump Cancels Republican National Convention in Florida, Citing Coronavirus Concerns
“I just felt that it was wrong to have people to go to a hot spot,” he said
Wisconsin Bank Pays Above Face Value For Coins Amid Shortage
A trial run by elites to push a cashless society?
Brexit mastermind Nigel Farage to help Italy leave EU
He’s franchising out his brand to take another swing at the establishment
The COVID Panic Is a Lesson in Using Statistics to Get Your Way in Politics
As with most government interventions, the public is only interested in the easily seen “benefits” of government intervention. All the unseen costs of that intervention are simply ignored
Foreign Aid Is Protectionism
The economic nationalist faces a dilemma. Foreign aid handouts and economic protectionism are not only wholly compatible in theory, but the effects of foreign aid perfectly complement economic nationalists’ goals
First image of a multi-planet system around a sun-like star
The two gas giants orbit their host star at distances of 160 and about 320 times the Earth-sun distance
Study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres
If a planet starts out with a hydrogen-rich atmosphere, there are very few combinations of conditions under which it could eventually transition into an Earth-like atmosphere
Could the Economy Survive a W-Shaped Recovery?
The US has experienced a W-shaped recovery before
Demolishing the Lincoln Myth, Yet Again
DiLorenzo demolishes the mythological view that Lincoln’s primary motive for opposing secession in 1861 was his distaste for slavery
A Rising Demand for Money Won’t Save Us from Inflation
The conventional view is that new money creation is no problem so long as the demand for money is increasing. The conventional view is wrong
Three Reasons Representative Democracy Doesn’t Work
Even if the idea of democracy were a good one, there is a myriad of problems that come with translating the will of the voters into “representation” in political institutions
The World Is Drowning in Debt
Debt is neither free nor irrelevant, as interventionists want us to believe, even if interest rates are low. More debt means less growth and a slower exit from the crisis, with lower productivity growth and a tepid employment improvement
More Laws Mean More Police Brutality
Every law must ultimately be enforced using the police power of the state. For those who resist, this means violent arrest and imprisonment. Or worse