by Dan Mitchell | Mar 16, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
I wrote last week about the libertarian response to the coronavirus crisis and made four simple points. Governments should focus on protecting life, liberty, and property. That includes fighting pandemics. A big sprawling federal government will be less capable and...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 15, 2020 | Blogs, Europe, Health Care
I wrote recently how government regulation and bureaucratic inefficiency are hindering an effective response to coronavirus in the United States. And I also wrote yesterday about one foolish response from Washington to the crisis. But what about developments in other...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 14, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Back in 2008, the soon-to-be Chief of Staff for President Obama infamously stated that, “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” Sure enough, the Obama Administration – elected in the aftermath of the financial crisis – quickly rammed through a so-called...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 13, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Ten days ago, I shared an interview in which I pointed out that President George W. Bush acquiesced to a flawed narrative about the 2008 financial crisis. Bush and his team basically accepted the assertion of interventionists that it was the fault of “Wall Street...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
Some folks are using the coronavirus crisis to say that libertarianism is an inadequate approach to governance. Noah Smith got the ball rolling with a snarky tweet. Libertarians: Government sucks, let’s hollow out the civil service *Pandemic comes, hollowed-out...
