“It is not from the benevolence of the mask maker, glove maker, or hand-sanitizer maker that we expect our person protective equipment, but from their regard to their own self-interest. We address ourselves not to their humanity but to their self-love, and never talk...
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UN Warns Economic Downturn Could Kill Hundreds of Thousands of Children in 2020
Something tells me all the liberal Bluechecks on Twitter won't be accusing all proponents of the lockdown of genocide against children the way they do against anyone who proposes lifting the lockdown. There seems to be a strange, unexplained link between people having...
News Roundup 4/17/20
US News Over 5 million people filed for unemployment this week. Some experts are predicting 20% unemployment by the end of April. [Link] CNN attacked Elon Musk for failing to donate 1,000 ventilators he promised to donate. Musk hit back with proof he did send the...
Kentucky Authoritarians Target Worshipers guest Mike Maharrey
Mike Maharrey returns to FPF to discuss our government's authoritarianism. The federal and state government have made several dictates that violate our Constitutional rights. In Kentucky, the governor made the rule that people are not allowed to attend church, a clear...
Episode 405: Mises.Org Editor Ryan McMaken on the Fallout of the Government’s Covid-19 Response
51 Minutes Safe for Work Pete invited Mises.Org editor Ryan McMaken to return to the show to discuss the subjects of the articles he's been covering recently about the government, and the public's response, to the Covid-19 crisis. Ryan's Mises.org Page Link to Richard...
TGIF: Is Self-reliance a Libertarian Ideal?
An Associated Press article published a few days ago reported on disagreements among libertarians over what, if anything, the government may properly do about the coronavirus pandemic. My purpose here is not to comment on the quotes from the various libertarians. I...
Central Banks around the World Embrace Unprecedented ‘Quantitative Easing’
It feels like it's been months, but it's only been a few weeks since the world's central banks started forcing down their key interest rates to historical lows around the world. In those places where rates weren't reduced, the central banks have adopted vast...
Cops Kill Man
For resisting arrest. They electro-shock tortured him to death. The other cops and city attorney assert that cops may murder whomever they feel like murdering. Apparently so.
Tracking Covid-19 Excess Deaths Across Countries
The Economist takes a crack at it here. The subtitle reads: Official covid-19 death tolls still under-count the true number of fatalities
End of the Lockdown
There are tons of people out and about in Austin. At rush our the other day the freeway wasn't slow, but it was full. Here's the Angelenos deciding they've had enough too. https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1250928772787793922
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