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Daily Analysis
European Fiscal Crisis, Round 2?
A bloated welfare state is a drag on economic performance.
Washington’s Counterproductive Attack on Stock Buybacks
There’s a bipartisan effort to ban the practice.
The Temporary Tradeoff Between Health Outcomes and Economic Outcomes
How do we assess the costs and benefits of various options?
Coronavirus and the Seventh Theorem of Government
More often isn’t better when it comes to government.
Coronavirus and Big Government
There’s an avalanche of reports on how bureaucracy and red tape have been endangering our health.
Economic Lessons from Coronavirus: Government-Subsidized Private Debt Creates Macro Vulnerability
The “unexploded bomb” has detonated.
The Bernie Sanders Paradox
They need wealth to redistribute, but they make it harder to create.
Pandemics, Civil Order, and Gun Control
These stories reinforce need for the 2nd Amendment.
A Primer on “Price Gouging”
A lesson to be learned.