By Anthony Gill I am not one who cries easily. My wife had to inform me that the ending to Old Yeller was not a comedy. Nonetheless, when word came down via social media that the Duvall Tavern was reopening after a three-month hiatus, tears welled up in my eyes, immediately and involuntarily. The Duvall Tavern is a pub and restaurant in a small town just northeast of … [Read more...] about The Importance of Social Capital — The Internet Is No Substitute for Real Life
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Are You Really Qualified to Homeschool Your Child?
By Linnea Johnson Am I qualified to homeschool? Boy, is that a question fraught with controversy! Every homeschooler has asked that question in the beginning. Not only that, but your friends and family members may ask the same question. You may have had a less than perfect experience homeschooling during the recent pandemic. That interruption in our routines came with … [Read more...] about Are You Really Qualified to Homeschool Your Child?
Governments are Offering Covid Discounts … on Citizenship
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man If 2020 has taught us anything so far, it’s that anything is possible… even things that we previously believed to be unthinkable. Angry Twitter mobs can take over the country. Private property rights can be suspended. The entire economy can be shut down. And it can all happen in an instant. One day everything is normal. The next, … [Read more...] about Governments are Offering Covid Discounts … on Citizenship
Don’t Defund Police, Make them Part of the Market
By Peter C. Earle A few years back I took my kids to an amusement park on Coney Island. Under the early afternoon July sun, already sticky with sweat, I turned upon hearing a shouting match near the ticket booths. After a brief but coarse exchange — I’m glad my kids were on the ride and didn’t hear some of the choicer expletives — two security guards walked over and stood … [Read more...] about Don’t Defund Police, Make them Part of the Market
Protest Also Against Police Unions and Qualified Immunity
By Donald J. Boudreaux Surprising myself, I write here about the murder of George Floyd. My surprise springs from my long-held belief that I, a professional economist who now specializes in studying trade and trade policy, likely have nothing useful to add to public discussions about race relations and police misconduct. It’s not that I have no opinions about these … [Read more...] about Protest Also Against Police Unions and Qualified Immunity
If Summer Teen Jobs Are Hard to Find, Try Entrepreneurship
By Kerry McDonald As coronavirus lockdowns have weakened the US economy this spring, causing business closures and layoffs, teenagers are particularly hard hit. According to The Wall Street Journal, the teen unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since at least 1948. Widespread shut-downs in the restaurant and hospitality industries have affected entry-level and … [Read more...] about If Summer Teen Jobs Are Hard to Find, Try Entrepreneurship
The Devastation Wrought on Small Business
By Taleed Brown The coronavirus lockdown – the costs of the virus itself are dwarfed by comparison – and its consequential damage to the world economy has been shocking. Whether you’re a blue collar worker pushed out of work by tyrannical governors and the media’s incessant provocation, or an upper class retiree whose assets rest on the Fed’s hyper aggressive influx of … [Read more...] about The Devastation Wrought on Small Business
Entrepreneurship in the Time of COVID-19
By Per Bylund Per Bylund, author of The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unrealized: How Regulations Affect Our Everyday Lives has commented extensively here at mises.org, and in a variety of entrepreneurship-focused publications, about the economics of entrepreneurship. Editor Ryan McMaken recently asked Professor Bylund to comment on what challenges entrepreneurs face right now … [Read more...] about Entrepreneurship in the Time of COVID-19
Three Ways Lockdowns Paved the Way for These Riots
By Ryan McMaken There were many reasons to oppose the COVID-19 lockdowns. They cost human lives in terms of deferred medical treatment. They cost human lives in terms of greater suicide and drug overdoses. Domestic abuse and child abuse have increased. There is also good reason to believe that lockdowns don't actually work. The lockdown activists capitalized on … [Read more...] about Three Ways Lockdowns Paved the Way for These Riots
Sweden Sees Economic Growth in 1st Quarter Despite Global Pandemic
By Jon Miltimore CNBC reports that Sweden, which avoided a hardline lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, saw its economy grow in the first quarter. The Swedish economy expanded at a far superior rate than many of its European counterparts over the first three months of the year, data published Friday showed, following the government’s decision not to impose a full … [Read more...] about Sweden Sees Economic Growth in 1st Quarter Despite Global Pandemic
The 2007 Origins of Forced School Closings and Mandatory Human Separation
By Jeffrey A. Tucker The idea of a full lockdown of society in the event of a pandemic first emerged as an extremist proposal in 2006, issued by a computer scientist as part of George W. Bush’s preparations for biowarfare. It provoked a fierce response by the world’s leading epidemiologist Donald Henderson and his colleagues. That proposal, issued by Robert Glass under the … [Read more...] about The 2007 Origins of Forced School Closings and Mandatory Human Separation
Central Banks Are Destroying What Was Left of Free Markets
By Alasdair Macleod President Reagan memorably said that the nine words you don’t want to hear are “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Governments in all the major jurisdictions are now making good on that unwanted promise and are taking responsibility for everything from our shoulders. Those receiving subsidies and loan guarantees are no doubt grateful, … [Read more...] about Central Banks Are Destroying What Was Left of Free Markets