By Rainer Zitelmann, TES Contributor In business administration, “best practice” refers to the method of learning from other businesses and industries and adopting exemplary methods, practices or procedures. Applied to the coronavirus pandemic, this would mean: let’s look around the world and see where the fight against the virus is most effective – and […]
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Helen Keller, An American Icon: “To be an American is to be an optimist“
By Dr. Rainer Zitelmann She was friends with the most famous people of her day and age, including Mark Twain and Alexander Graham Bell; she was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Harvard University in 1955 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964; she published numerous bestsellers, gave lectures in […]
Verdict on the Covid-19 Lockdown: A Giant Mistake with Huge Public Safety Risks
By Lewis K. Uhler and Peter J. Ferrara, National Tax Limitation Committee The nightly news networks continue their Covid-19 fear campaign as they watch the nation’s employment levels improve to the advantage of President Trump and Congressional Republicans. They continue to emphasize masks, distancing, outside eating while they denigrate group settings (except for “peaceful” […]
The Ten Commandments of Capitalism
By Michael Strong, Conscious Capitalism Those of us who are committed to a better world for all know that capitalism (i.e., a system of free enterprise based on private property and rule of law) is the only path forward. In The Ten Commandments of Capitalism: The Secret Recipe for Equitable Prosperity, Ralph Benko provides […]
Does The Unemployment Fall Prove The $600 Benefits Didn’t Disincentivize Work?
By Ryan Bourne, courtesy of the Cato Institute The unemployment rate fell sharply in August to 8.4 percent. While an accurate pre‐crisis comparator unemployment rate is undoubtedly slightly higher than this, this was an unexpectedly sharp fall in the official jobless rate. The glass half‐full reading is this: despite the massive pandemic shock, the unemployment […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Charter Schools Blazing Trails
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor August in Washington. As we eagerly wait for Congress to go on recess — they can do much less harm at home campaigning than they can do here legislating — Free Market policy people are working to offer better perspectives and policy options for the problems of the […]
Washington Beyond the Headlines: Fighting Discrimination in School Funding
By Andy Blom, TES Washington Editor The Viral Rollercoaster — We unlock, we lock back down. Cases surge, deaths don’t. Schools to open, schools stay closed. It almost seems like politics and policy is rational and sane in comparison. Well, virus or no, Free Market policy people are working to offer better perspectives and […]
What would a smart lockdown look like?
“What Would an ‘Intelligent Lockdown’ Look Like in Canada?” Courtesy of IEDM Because COVID-19 is far less dangerous to the young than it is to the elderly or immune-comprised,[1] and because generalized lockdowns are economically devastating, many countries have implemented targeted policies instead. These policies either specifically focus on senior centres, which […]
Social capital associated with lower COVID-19 rates
“Does social capital help contain COVID-19?” Courtesy of IZA Since the beginning of this year, the novel coronavirus has rapidly spread throughout the world, affecting the lives, health, and livelihoods of people all around the globe. With no medical solution available yet, the key margin to contain the spread of the pandemic is […]
Dropping qualified immunity would change police behavior
“Yes, Abolishing Qualified Immunity Will Likely Alter Police Behavior” By Jay Schweikert, courtesy of the Cato Institute Yesterday, the New York Times ran an op‐ed by Professor Daniel Epps, titled “Abolishing Qualified Immunity Is Unlikely to Alter Police Behavior.” I’m fully aware that op‐ed authors generally don’t get to pick the titles of […]