SpokenLayer May 23, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 23, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Good Riddance to Basic Life Skills By Art Carden I don’t know how to shoe a horse. I’m a lousy carpenter. Growing food? I’m not much of a gardener. Medicine? Beyond “clean the wound and put some ointment and a Band-Aid on it,” I’m not a lot of help.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 22, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Pandemics and the Liberal Path By Jeffrey Tucker The record shows that the global economy collapsed not because of the COVID-19 pandemic but because governments around the world, through an astonishing and grossly irresponsible use of coercive power, crushed businesses and supply chains.

SpokenLayer May 21, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 21, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 20, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Did the Lockdown Save Lives? By Jeffrey Tucker For two to three months, Americans have suffered the loss of liberty, security, and prosperity in the name of virus control. The psychological impact has been beyond description. We thought we could count on basic rights and freedoms.

SpokenLayer May 19, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 19, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Was Lockdown Architect and Theoretical Physicist Neil Ferguson Morally Right To Defy the Lockdown? by Edward Peter Stringham Theoretical physicist Neil Ferguson is a vice dean at Imperial College of London and one of the main architects of our current lockdown.

SpokenLayer May 15\8, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 18, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. A Million Experiments By Raymond Niles I just received this email from my dentist who said that he is reopening for business on May 20, initially for emergency procedures. It explains all the precautions that the office will use in reopening.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 15, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. A Fate Worse than Death Peter C. Earle Los Angeles County has announced that it will extend the COVID-19 lockdowns for three more months.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 14, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Don’t Blame Globalism for COVID-19 By Veronique de Rugy Like every crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic has opened the door to all sorts of ideas. Some of these ideas are good, but many of them are terrible. The undoubtedly worst idea of all, though, is that this pandemic was caused and aggravated by globalization and free markets.

SpokenLayer May 13, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 13, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Fed Can’t Become a Financial Central Planner Alexander Salter Of all the policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Reserve’s is the most extraordinary. Many people are unaware of the Fed’s recent behavior.

This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for May 12, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Herd Immunity Is Misleading By Daniel B. Klein The expression “herd immunity” is misleading. Instead we should speak in a looser way of augmented immunity. The war on COVID-19 should not be waged as a big centrally commanded confrontation. It should be waged as guerilla warfare while making strides in augmented immunity.