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** SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2020
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As economists repeatedly note, rising prices are unpleasant and unpopular, but they aren't the problem; the real problem is that demand is rising faster than supply. Rising prices cause temporary pain while telling suppliers that more is needed. Price-gouging laws, by contrast, falsely tell the public that politicians are watching out for them even as they extend shortages and the resulting pain.
– J.D. Tuccille, "Price-Gouging Laws Will Do More Harm Than Good During the Coronavirus Pandemic ([link removed]) " [2020]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 20, 2020
Libertarianism Is the Only Solution for Healthcare and the Coronavirus ([link removed])
For 30 years here at FFF, we have been saying that there is one — and only one — solution to America’s decades-long, ongoing, never-ending healthcare crisis. That solution is: a total separation of healthcare and the state. No more Medicare or Medicaid. No more medical licensure. No more government regulation and management of healthcare. A total free-market healthcare system, one that ...
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Mises Institute
Let Prices Rise to Combat the Coronavirus ([link removed])
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Foundation for Economic Education
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The Fed Has Sufficient Tools—to Wreck the Economy ([link removed])
by Joseph T. Salerno
Mises Institute
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Despite Appearances, “Price Gouging” Helps People in Distress ([link removed])
by Sheldon Richman
Libertarian Institute
HEALTHCARE
Coronavirus Testing Delays Caused by Red Tape, Bureaucracy and Scorn for Private Companies ([link removed])
by Jeffrey A. Singer
Cato Institute
The Coronavirus Hoax ([link removed])
by Ron Paul
Ron Paul Institute
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Cronyism: A Toxic Friendship between Business and Government ([link removed])
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Libertarianism.org
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