by Dan Mitchell | Apr 10, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared headlines and tweets to illustrate how bureaucratic inefficiency and incompetence have hindered an effective response to the coronavirus. Time to beat that dead horse one more time. But not just for the sake of mocking the clowns...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 8, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Reviewing public policy and the coronavirus, I’ve mostly focused on the manifest failures of Washington bureaucracies. But let’s not overlook the politicized incompetence of the World Health Organization, a U.N.-connected bureaucracy that ostensibly exists to prevent...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 4, 2020 | Blogs, Health Care
Near the beginning of the croronavirus crisis, I observed that “government-run health systems have not done a good job” of dealing with the pandemic. And I’ve repeatedly noted the failure of government bureaucracies to respond effectively in the United States. Is...
by Dan Mitchell | Apr 2, 2020 | Bailouts, Blogs
Most economic downturns are caused by misguided government policy, which leads to predictable battles over how to address the fallout as well as battles over how to avoid the same mistakes in the future. Today’s crisis is different. It’s more akin to a natural...
by Dan Mitchell | Mar 31, 2020 | Big Government, Blogs
About three weeks ago, when the coronavirus crisis was becoming a big deal, I explained the libertarian viewpoint. Governments should focus on protecting life, liberty, and property. That includes fighting pandemics. A big sprawling federal government will be less...
