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Anti-Gouging Laws Are the Reason There Is a Toilet Paper Shortage

March 17, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 17, 2020 – Sandra Klein …… Producers haven’t stopped making toilet paper. But anti-gouging laws in many places prevent prices from rising to dissuade your neighbor from buying three hundred rolls at the regular price while others in greater need can’t find any at all.

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A Government Monopoly Led to Botched COVID-19 Test Kits, but Private Labs Are Now Saving the Day

March 16, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 16, 2020 – Ben Johnson …… The basic economic truth is that competition improves results.

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The Coronavirus Is Scary, But There’s Nothing to Fear from Remote Work

March 12, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 12, 2020 – Jon Miltimore …… Remote work has grown 91 percent over the last decade — and for good reason.

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Coronavirus Reminds Us What Education Without Schooling Can Look Like

March 12, 2020March 11, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 11, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… The coronavirus outbreak might help some parents discover better alternatives outside of traditional schooling.

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Nationalism as National Liberation: Lessons from the End of the Cold War

March 10, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 10, 2020 – Ryan McMaken …… If we regard nationalism as necessarily harmful, we end up supporting the Soviet Union, and every empire and two-bit dictator who manages to hammer together a variety of disparate groups under a single national banner.

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6 Things We Learned from Prohibition

March 9, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 9, 2020 – John Phelan …… In a book on prohibitions, John Meadowcroft of King’s College in London offers several “generic lessons and implications” of the practice. Hint – prohibition does more harm than good.

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Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom

March 8, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 8, 2020 – Kerry McDonald …… In her 1943 book “The Discovery of Freedom,” Rose Wilder Lane makes a compelling case for individual freedom and limited government power.

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Citizens Applaud Quick Demolition of Barn After Politicians Give It Heritage Protection

March 5, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 5, 2020 – Lee Friday …… Private property should NOT be subject to government heritage protection. It is morally wrong, and economically counterproductive.

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Why the Pilgrims Abandoned Common Ownership for Private Property

March 4, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 4, 2020 – Lawrence W. Reed …… The first few years of Plymouth colony were fraught with hardship and hunger. Economics had a lot to do with it.

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Abolish Government Schools

March 3, 2020 by Lee Friday

March 3, 2020 – Gor Mkrtchian …… Even if it’s true that some wouldn’t be able to afford schooling without government financial assistance, the idea that this necessitates the government creating and running its own schools is a glaring non sequitur.

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