Because corporate taxes are borne overwhelmingly by labor and not capital, Joe Biden’s proposed rate hike belies his promise not to raise taxes on...

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October 13, 2020 | Weekly Newsletter

The Biden/Harris Economic Plan ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman (Forbes, 9/28/20)
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Because corporate taxes are borne overwhelmingly by labor and not capital, Joe Biden’s proposed rate hike belies his promise not to raise taxes on people earning less than $400,000 a year. Not only is his corporate tax hike very regressive, Biden is promising a slew of subsidies that would go to well-to-do households. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] New Way to Care Social Protections that Put Families First ([link removed])
By John C. Goodman
Infectious Diseases and Government Growth ([link removed])
By Nathan P. Goodman, Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail Devereaux (Independent Institute, 10/6/20)
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Governments respond to pandemics by enacting policies that can expand state powers and reduce liberty and social coordination even after the crisis passes. Examples include the bubonic plague and South Africa’s apartheid system, the role of infectious disease in the emergence of modern segregationist zoning and urban planning in the United States, and compulsory vaccination in response to the 1902 smallpox epidemic that was later used to implement eugenics through compulsory sterilization. READ MORE » ([link removed])

COVID-19 Issue Page ([link removed])
How Gov. Newsom’s Veto of Ethnic Studies Requirement Happened ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers (The Orange County Register, 10/6/20)
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Gov. Gavin Newsom was right to veto Assembly Bill 331, a measure to require that California high-school students complete a course in ethnic studies. Newsom correctly pointed out that the current ethnic-studies model curriculum for is unbalanced and needs revision. READ MORE » ([link removed])

Readings on Race and Civil Rights ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers
Coronavirus Enrollment Effects: Small but Consequential ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder (Forbes, 9/28/20)
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Early preliminary data show total college enrollments this fall are down only 1.8 percent over last year, not the 10 to 20 percent that many expected. What’s also surprising is that community college enrollments are down 7.5 percent, suggesting that students don’t see community colleges as a good substitute for more expensive four-year schools. READ MORE » ([link removed])

[link removed] Restoring the Promise Higher Education in America ([link removed])
By Richard K. Vedder
So You Want to Overthrow the State: Ten Questions for Aspiring Revolutionaries ([link removed])
By Art Carden (American Institute for Economic Research, 9/15/20)
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Radicals looking to topple the U.S. government should first determine whether their efforts could do more harm than good. They must ask themselves hard questions about facts and substance, costs and trade-offs, implementation and execution, and the stability of human nature and the role of self-interest. READ MORE » ([link removed])

Best Books on the Folly of Socialism What Everyone Should Know About the Practical and Moral Failures of the Socialist Project ([link removed])
By Williamson M. Evers
The Beacon: New Blog Posts
* Mulan’s Subtle Subversion Withstands Beijing’s Censors ([link removed]) , by Samuel R. Staley
* NBA Players Touting “Group Economics” Should Rethink Their Collectivist Slogan ([link removed]) , by K. Lloyd Billingsley
* Public Health Bureaucracies Consolidate Power as Pandemic Continues ([link removed]) , by Raymond J. March
* Is California Going Bananas? ([link removed]) , by K. Lloyd Billingsley
* A Coronavirus Spending Scandal ([link removed]) , by Craig Eyermann

Catalyst: New Articles
* National Debt Will Explode Under Biden or Trump ([link removed]) , by Brad Polumbo
* Don’t Look Now, But American Entrepreneurship is Roaring ([link removed]) , by Luka Ladan
* Creative Engagement During Pandemic Uncertainties ([link removed]) , by Pooja Bachani Di Giovanna
* Banning Gas-Powered Vehicles Won’t Help the Earth ([link removed]) , by Jon Miltimore


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