In this issue

ECONOMIC LESSONS FROM COVID-19 - What the pandemic has re-taught us about the perils of planning, the power of incentives, and the complexities of externalities. DAVID R. HENDERSON

WHEN THE GOVERNMENT MAKES WILDFIRES WORSE - Federal policies are subsidizing people’s choices to build homes in harm’s way. TATE WATKINS.

The Pandemic Will Make Kids Or Break Them

The COVID-19 era has worked as a stress test for parents and kids alike, breaking some while bringing out reserves of strength and resilience in others.

3 mins

An $86 Billion Moral Hazard

The $1.9 trillion emergency spending bill Congress passed in early March was full of items that had little to do with the COVID-19 pandemic, the ostensible justification for the package.

3 mins

‘Hero Pay' For Grocery Workers Is Terrible For Grocery Workers

“Hero Pay” Laws, which require big wage increases for grocery store workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, are sweeping the West Coast. Store closures, unemployment, and lawsuits have followed in their wake.

2 mins

There's Nothing Modern About MMT

Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) tells us that governments should finance public spending by creating money.

5 mins

The Era of Small Government Is Over

Is there any hope to check the growth of the state?

10+ mins

When the Government Makes Wildfires Worse

Federal policies are subsidizing people’s choices to build homes in harm’s way.

10+ mins

'The Intellectual Johnny Appleseed Of The Counterculture'

A conversation with Whole Earth Catalog founder, Merry Prankster, and woolly mammoth de-extinctionist Stewart Brand

10+ mins

Cult Country

Is this a new age of cultism— or a new cult panic?

10+ mins

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