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** SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2020
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Crises, whether real or perceived, provoke members of the public to call for a response. During crises people fear for their lives and their livelihoods, and understandably they want people they view as having expertise to 'do something' to address the crisis.
-- Nathan P. Goodman, Christopher J. Coyne, and Abigail Devereaux,
"Infectious Diseases and Government Growth ([link removed]) " [2020]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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October 30, 2020
No Debate Over the Welfare-Warfare State ([link removed])
Unfortunately, there has been no debate and discussion in the 2020 presidential race over the two greatest infringements on the liberty and well-being of the American people — the welfare state and the national-security state. That shouldn’t surprise us though given that both Republicans and Democrats, along with the mainstream press, are so wedded to the New Deal/Great Society revolution that began ...
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THE FREE SOCIETY
Infectious Diseases and Government Growth ([link removed])
by Nathan P. Goodman, Christopher J. Coyne, and Abigail Devereaux
Independent Institute
PROTECTIONISM
Tariffs, Michigan, and the Perils of “Political Protectionism” ([link removed])
by Scott Lincicome
Cato Institute
LIBERTARIANISM
Revisionism and the Freedom Movement ([link removed])
by Ralph Raico
LewRockwell.com
FOREIGN POLICY
America’s Imperial Expenditures and Escapades Are Stranger Than Fiction ([link removed])
by Danny Sjursen
Antiwar.com
AFGHANISTAN
$19 Billion Wasted in Failed Afghanistan Nation-Building Efforts, Report Shows ([link removed])
by Brad Polumbo
Foundation for Economic Education
POLITICS
Dishonest Politics and Coronavirus Relief ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
Reason
Joe Biden Envisions a Kinder, Gentler Drug War. We Should Demand Its End. ([link removed])
by Scott Shackford
Reason
President Joe Biden Plans a World of Endless Intervention and Probably War ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
Antiwar.com
PRESIDENCY
Biden and Harris on Presidential Power ([link removed])
by Gene Healy
Cato Institute
THE FREE MARKET
A Guide for Free Thinkers: They’re Both Wrong ([link removed])
by Ethan Yang
American Institute for Economic Research
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