Tommy invited Sherry Voluntary to come back to the show. They discuss how she is discussing the current hysteria with her kids, and how she's seeing their future as the economy nose-dives.
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Panic Buying, Medical Rationing Underscore Importance of Free Markets
The recent coronavirus panic has provided a stark reminder about the scarcity of economic goods. From people hoarding and stockpiling common household items like toilet paper and hand sanitizer to the downright morbid reports of doctors in Italy and Spain having to...
The Unseen Consequences of the Coronavirus Response
While sicknesses and death mount from the coronavirus pandemic, the responses by all levels of government have been overwhelming. School closings, business closings, cancellations of sporting events and concerts, “stay in place” orders, hysterical panic spread by the...
This Martial Law Will End, and End Badly
First, let's get the three principles for the post-COVID-19 world out there: If you think COVID-19 is fake, or not really scary, you don't know science and are an ignorant person. If you post cavalierly about frolicking socially with your friends, you have no empathy...
*Bonus* A Discussion about the State of the Economy w/ Per Bylund
62 Minutes Suitable for All Ages Pete wanted to do an episode about the economy so he invited Associate Professor at Oklahoma State University and Mises Fellow, Per Bylund, to return to the show. Per on Economics for Entrepreneurs - Please Subscribe! Per on...
The Money-Printing Gods Have Failed
Hooray! Finally even the robo-machines and day traders are puking, not BTFDing. Today’s 3,000 Dow Point Dump says even they have had enough of the craven dolts who occupy the Eccles Building. You do not need a PhD in economics—or even a night school survey course—to...
Direct Payments From Government is Not the Way to Stimulate the Economy
The latest in the Federal government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic is President Trump’s announcement of a “stimulus package” estimated between $850 billion to $1 trillion. The plan reportedly includes $50 to $100 billion bailouts to the airline industry, $200...
Think Deficits Are Bad Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet
The Trump administration has been operating with a crisis-like fiscal policy for nearly four years. Now it looks like America’s hurtling toward a genuine economic crisis. What’s next? The U.S. appears to be heading for economic lockdown as the impact of the...
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