On Facebook I’ve shared dozens of articles on pandemic, public health, and lockdown debates Here is are recent shares: • Irish Scientists and Doctors Inveigh Against Lockdowns (AIER, Nov. 19, 2020) The paper shows...
Military Adventures, Postal Subsidies, Malaria, and Cholera US military commitments after guano (earlier post) turned to subsidizing mail sent across Central American with postal subsidies. The demand for mail and Americans traveling to California...
After months of national and state experiments with lockdowns, leading epidemiologists and public health officials call for shifted to “focused protection.” Better protect those at high risk (usually in elder care homes and with...
Monday, October 5 • The Birth of Freedom – Acton page and Trailer • Globalization at the Crossroads, Hernando de Soto • Free or Equal, Johan Norberg • Thomas Sowell: Common Sense in a...
“War was God’s way of teaching Americans geography” (Ambrose Bierce) For debaters researching US military commitments, there’s a big world out there and a couple centuries of US history to explore. Economists have argued...
For students researching and debating the European Union immigration reform, Who Really Wants to Solve the Problem of Poverty? shares a success story of 600 million escaping poverty. The worldwide transition from poverty to...
It is very good news that hundreds of millions are on the path to prosperity heading to cities for opportunities. Michael Cox used this example: imagine a few people dropped into a jungle, just one...
With 28 member countries and 446 million people, the European Union is, after China and India the next most populated region on Earth. The United States is next with 330 million people. Population size...
Hong Kong property tycoon pitches new city idea to Ireland (The Guardian, July 28, 2020): China’s recent imposition of national security laws on the island has prompted many Hongkongers to consider leaving. The British government has...
For thousands of years people have migrated into, across, and out of Europe. Usually peacefully but sometimes as invading armies. Economic principles will help students understand and appreciate the dynamic forces driving E.U. immigration...
