What the Failed 55-MPH Speed Limit Law Tells Us about COVID Lockdowns

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May 28, 2020

By Ryan McMaken

What the Failed 55-MPH Speed Limit Law Tells Us about COVID Lockdowns

Americans were once harangued by government "experts" about the need to slow down on highways in order to save lives. Few listened. Today, laws demanding everyone "stay at home" may suffer a similar fate.

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By Philipp Bagus

COVID Ethics: It's Immoral to Confine Innocent People Who Might Be a Threat

The possibility that someone might pose a threat to another at a future time is not sufficient reason to revoke a person's property rights.

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By Gary Galles

Why Congressional "Oversight" of the Bureaucracy Is No Such Thing

Neither voters nor politicians watch the bureaucracy very carefully, so they respond as one might expect—advancing their own and their favorites' interests, at the expense of the public they are supposedly working for.

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By Robert P. Murphy

The Chicago School versus the Austrian School

It's important to occasionally explain the differences between the Chicago and Austrian schools, if only to rebut the common complaint that Austrian economics is simply a religion serving to justify libertarian policy conclusions.

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