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• The war on the war on covid intensifies: an attack on vaccine mandates
• Here is my inflation worry
• The war on lockdowns versus the evidence
• Socially Ambivalent Labour Time X (part one): Chapters 15 and 25 Capital, volume one.

The war on the war on covid intensifies: an attack on vaccine mandates Posted: 18 Aug 2021 07:00 AM PDT Yesterday Donald Boudreaux published a letter to the Wall Street Journal about the Zywicki lawsuit against George Mason University that I posted about here.  Let's take a look at classical liberalism in action: Today's edition contains three letters critical of my colleague Todd Zywicki's defense, in your pages, of his lawsuit against George Mason University's vaccination requirement. Each […] The post The war on the war on covid intensifies: an attack on vaccine mandates appeared first on Angry Bear.

Here is my inflation worry Posted: 18 Aug 2021 04:30 AM PDT Here is my inflation worry I want to follow up on a comment I made yesterday in connection with Wednesday's consumer price report.It is certainly true that *inflation* is likely to be transitory. The 5.3% YoY inflation we've seen in June and July may certainly pass in the next few months and reduce to a […] The post Here is my inflation worry appeared first on Angry Bear.

The war on lockdowns versus the evidence Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:52 AM PDT Over at NBER, Helliwell et al have a paper comparing the virus elimination strategy of China, Australia, New Zealand, etc., with the more common mitigation strategy followed by most countries (footnote omitted): Our analyses show that Eliminators experienced lower death rates from COVID-19. But to what extent were these reductions in COVID-19 deaths obtained at […] The post The war on lockdowns versus the evidence appeared first on Angry Bear.

Socially Ambivalent Labour Time X (part one): Chapters 15 and 25 Capital, volume one. Posted: 17 Aug 2021 08:48 AM PDT Socially Ambivalent Labour Time X (part one): Chapters 15 and 25 Capital, volume one. I started this series with the intention of comparing Dilke’s “plain leveling principle” consumption-based conception of socially necessary labour time with Marx’s theory of value founded on a production-based concept of socially necessary labour time. Two episodes and a digression later, that […] The post Socially Ambivalent Labour Time X (part one): Chapters 15 and 25 Capital, volume one. appeared first on Angry Bear.

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