SpokenLayer April 26, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 26, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Urgent Need for Intellectual Change By David Hart There are intellectual and cultural issues underlying the bad policies being introduced by governments all around the world. Deeper issues must be addressed.

SpokenLayer April 23, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 23, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. A Locked-Down Country Is Vulnerable to Attack By Peter C. Earle Right now, hundreds of thousands of businesses are closed, and countless American streets are empty. Individuals, families, and businesses are rapidly burning through their savings and supply chains are atrophying.

SpokenLayer April 23, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 23, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Why No Shortages in Canada? By Raymond Niles Because of the shutdown of my college campus, students in the three economics classes I teach are now scattered like the wind around the United States and the world.

8SpokenLayer April 22, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 22, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Spend in Good Times, Spend More in Bad By Veronique de Rugy Remember the days when I was complaining that the budget deficit was about to reach $1 trillion? Those days seem now so quaint. After three separate coronavirus stimulus bills, Uncle Sam’s deficit for this fiscal year will be $3.

SpokenLayer April 21, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 21, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. The Worst Policy in One Hundred Years By Robert Wright Closing down the U.S. economy in response to COVID-19 was probably the worst public policy in at least one-hundred years. The costs of the lockdowns are sunk, i.e., unrecoverable. Water under the bridge.

8SpokenLayer April 20, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 20, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Well, that Unravelled Quickly Jeffrey Tucker Thinking back to February 28, 2020, and the New England Journal of Medicine. It published an article signed by Anthony S. Fauci.

SpokenLayer April 17, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 17, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Don’t Plan to Reopen; Just Reopen By John Tamny For fun, let’s assume a mass declaration of freedom on local, state and national levels.

SpokenLayer April 15, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 15, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Five Things That Will End the Madness By Michael Munger In November 1942, after the decisive British victory at El Alamein, Winston Churchill famously said: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

SpokenLayer April 14, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 14, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Spanish Flu Was Awful But We Moved On By Vincent Geloso The temporary behavioral changes enacted to slow the propagation of the coronavirus entail real economic costs. These costs are difficult to evaluate given that the current situation is without recent precedent.

SpokenLayer April 14, 2020 This is the spoken edition of the American Institute for Economic Research for April 14, 2020. A longer text version is hosted at AIER.org, along with many other articles. Liberation from LockDown Now By David Henderson Most governors in the United States have shut down their economies, requiring people to shelter in place. The measures are destroying one of the world’s strongest economies before our very eyes.