…have been abandoned by the EU.
Between this and Brexit, I don’t think the EU will survive.
Category Archives: Economics
The Gig Economy
The virus has not suspended the laws of economics.
Lessons From NYC
Build the equipment needed, not what you think you can invent.
Bodice Rippers For Andy
This is sort of amazing. And it’s not April Fool’s stuff; these women are probably fools year around.
[Update a few minutes later]
Cuomo is no hero, but moron De Blasio prepared for the wrong emergency (which was in fact in no way an emergency).
Conservatism
It’s time to get our fiscal house in order.
And no, reforming conservatism should not include embracing the New Deal.
On that last link, I hadn’t been aware that Conrad Black is an admirer of FDR. That’s disappointing.
[April 1st update]
Conrad Black responds.
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Free-Market Health Care
How would it respond to the virus?
It’s been many decades since there’s been anything resembling a free market in this country’s health care, other than things like Lasik.
[Update a few minutes later]
Speaking of (lack of) free markets, restaurants in Los Angeles are being shut down for selling groceries without a license.
Government seems determined to put business out of business.
The California Herd
Virus thoughts from VDH. I don’t buy the 1-2% number. I think it will ultimately be shown to be much lower than that.
[Update a few minutes later]
More from VDH: Viral Prerequisites and Nationalist Lessons in Time of Plague.
[Update late morning]
Why herd immunity is not a solution, at least not without a vaccine.
I agree on principle, but I continue to believe that the ratio of infections to deaths is much less than one percent.
[Update a few minutes later]
Time for a second opinion.
Regulatory Relief
…can save lives.
A lot of regulations are merely special-interest rent seeking.
[Late-morning update]
Trump is rolling back fuel-efficiency standards.
He should eliminate them, if possible, but that would probably require legislation. They are an idiotic relic of the energy crisis, almost half a century ago. In my opinion, they’re unconstitutional, or should be. Same with toilet specifications.
The CCP
The CCP has been lying from the beginning, and continues to, yet their media organs the NYT, WaPo, CNN et al continue to carry their water, because Orange Man Bad.
Mark Levin said on his show last night that the Soviet Union never damaged our country (and the world) the way that the CCP has. I’m not sure that’s true, if you look at the decades-long damage it did, but it certainly never killed people and destroyed wealth this quickly.
[Tuesday-morning update]
The Chinese Communist Party versus America.
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[Update a few minutes later]
Why China must be held accountable.
I’d start by recognizing Taiwan.
[Update a while later]
How China’s lies brought the world to its knees.
Claire Berlinski
She’s been putting out an entertaining newsletter for a while. Here‘s her latest.