COVID-19
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Latest work in COVID-19
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The Pessimists Were Correct About COVID | EconLib
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Lessons of the Great Pandemic Migration | The Wall Street Journal
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Covid’s Gales of Change: A Golden Age for Entrepreneurs?
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Even Mild Omicron Could Create Severe Chaos | Bloomberg Opinion
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On Pfizer, COVID, and Charity | InsideSources
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‘Uncontrolled Spread’ Review: Tested and Found Wanting
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The Explanation for Seemingly Irrational COVID Behavior
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Mitigating Coronavirus by Injecting Personal Cost Responsibility
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The Most Vaccine-Hesitant Group of All: Ph.D.s?
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International COVID Restrictions | The John Batchelor Radio Show
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Delta Straussians Know How to Live with COVID
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America's COVID Policies Are a Contradictory Mess
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A Snapshot of Healthcare Regulations in Southeastern States
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Thoughts at the Waning of COVID
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Fighting Xenophobia Hand-in-Hand With the Battle Against COVID-19
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Go Ahead. Take Off Your Mask. No, You First.
Why have governments been more aggressive about lifting mandates than the private sector?
Latest work in COVID-19
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Pessimists Were Correct About COVID | EconLib
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Lessons of the Great Pandemic Migration | The Wall Street Journal
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Covid’s Gales of Change: A Golden Age for Entrepreneurs?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Even Mild Omicron Could Create Severe Chaos | Bloomberg Opinion
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
On Pfizer, COVID, and Charity | InsideSources
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
‘Uncontrolled Spread’ Review: Tested and Found Wanting
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Explanation for Seemingly Irrational COVID Behavior
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Mitigating Coronavirus by Injecting Personal Cost Responsibility
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Most Vaccine-Hesitant Group of All: Ph.D.s?
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
International COVID Restrictions | The John Batchelor Radio Show
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Delta Straussians Know How to Live with COVID
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
America's COVID Policies Are a Contradictory Mess
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
A Snapshot of Healthcare Regulations in Southeastern States
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Thoughts at the Waning of COVID
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Fighting Xenophobia Hand-in-Hand With the Battle Against COVID-19
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Go Ahead. Take Off Your Mask. No, You First.
Why have governments been more aggressive about lifting mandates than the private sector?
Latest work in COVID-19
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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An Interstate Compact to End the Economic Development Subsidy Arms Race
- | Regulation Regulation
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The Mortality Cost of Expenditures
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Improving Healthcare Access in the States after COVID-19
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Which Taxes Pay for Which State and Local Employees?
- | Housing Housing
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Economic Uncertainty
- | Housing Housing
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Housing Restrictions
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Housing Housing
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Policies to Help Communities Recover: Commuting
- | Housing Housing
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When the Moratorium Expires: Three Quick Steps to Reduce Eviction
- | Regulation Regulation
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Regulation and Income Inequality in the United States
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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POLICY SPOTLIGHT: COVID-19 Shows Why America Needs Regulatory Reform
A “Fresh Start” Is How to Get It
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The Difficult Path to State Bankruptcy
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Healthcare Transparency in the Age of COVID-19
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The Economic Situation, June 2020
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Federal Pandemic Relief Could End the Interstate Economic Development Arms Race
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
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Immigration Reform Is Key in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis
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Conducting the 2020 Census under Risk of Contagion
- | Regulation Regulation
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Legal Liability and COVID-19 Recovery
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Protecting the Presumption of Freedom
Latest work in COVID-19
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Most Vaccine-Hesitant Group of All: Ph.D.s?
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Delta Straussians Know How to Live with COVID
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
America's COVID Policies Are a Contradictory Mess
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Thoughts at the Waning of COVID
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Fighting Xenophobia Hand-in-Hand With the Battle Against COVID-19
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Go Ahead. Take Off Your Mask. No, You First.
Why have governments been more aggressive about lifting mandates than the private sector?
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COVID Showed That We’re Bad At Big Decisions
The pandemic has called into question one of the most fundamental assumptions of economics.
- | Healthcare Healthcare
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Will These Post-Pandemic Health Care Changes Stay?
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Pandemic: The End of the Beginning
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Telehealth and the Asynchronous Revolution
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Trains in Vain: The Uncertain Outlook for Public Transit After COVID-19
Biden is requesting $85 billion to fund public transit. Do cities actually need more trains and buses?
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Arlington’s Public-School System
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It’s as if the CDC Intends To Scare People
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Waiving IP Protection for COVID Vaccines Is Anti-Innovation and Anti–Public Health
Patent rights were key to the unprecedentedly rapid development and rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Four Stories to Watch for (the Rest Of) 2021
Covid will dominate the headlines, but so could Russia, North Korea and a malaria vaccine.
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Open the Schools Already
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Mismanaging Risk and the Vaccine Re-Review
A global pandemic emergency is the worst possible time to appoint a department of second-guessing.