The various stages of the recent narrative about the threat of inflation bring together all the negative features of the so-called mainstream economics, especially in the field of applications in the so-called economic policy.
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Disagreement without Conflict
If disagreement is and will be ubiquitous, how in hell can we hope for widespread agreement on a detailed code of law or rights theory? We can’t hope for that, and we should stop acting as though we can because it looks to be a time-waster. It’s been tried, so we must learn there are no magic words to do the trick.
Who Owns the Holocaust?
On February 1, ABC News suspended Whoopi Goldberg, of popular talk show “The View,” for two weeks over “wrong and hurtful” comments concerning the Holocaust.
Don’t Blame ‘Greedy Corporations’ for Inflation, Blame the Government
“Greed is constant,” says economist David Henderson in my new video. “If it’s greed, how do we explain prices falling?” When oil prices fall, is it because “oil companies just suddenly decide, ‘I’m gonna be less greedy?'” Prices change because of supply and demand.
COVID-19 Not Worth Shutting Down Over
As I write this I am wrapping up my own adventure with COVID-19. It didn’t feel good, but it was nothing worth destroying the economy over. It was not worth any mandates, shutdowns, or other government overreaches.
Neil Young v. Joe Rogan: The Remedy to be Applied
There’s a way for Rogan and Young to both be “the better man” here. Rogan should invite Young to appear on the podcast, and Young should accept. Not to have it out over COVID-19. Just to make nice, shoot the breeze about everything, and maybe smoke some cannabis together. Good times.
Poet Novelists
I recently discovered a list of 10 important poets who also wrote important novels. I then researched important quotes from each which indicate how they may feel about personal freedom and self-direction.
Who Do You Think You Are?
The world is free to criticize you, but that doesn’t mean you need the permission of critics to speak.
The Choice in “School Choice” is Mostly Government’s, Not Yours
Now in its second decade, National School Choice Week (observed January 23-29 this year) concentrates that movement’s steady, decades-long drumbeat into a few days of all-out advocacy. After two years of pandemic-related school closures, “remote learning,” and homeschooling from necessity rather than preference, this year’s National School Choice Week had its amplifiers turned to 11. … Continue reading The Choice in “School Choice” is Mostly Government’s, Not Yours
Anti-Woke Isn’t Necessarily Pro-Liberty
I had a reminder this week that those who oppose fashionable postmodernist-style attacks on reason and objectivity, such as “critical” race and gender theories, are not necessarily consistent friends of liberty and the free society.