The Private Sector Heroes Leading the Fight Against COVID-19
The free market adjusts. We don't need "production acts" to tell us what to do.
The free market adjusts. We don't need "production acts" to tell us what to do.
Politicians and the public are alarmingly willing to violate civil liberties in the name of fighting the epidemic.
The Kentucky congressman who insisted Congress record its vote on history's biggest spending bill is unapologetic and outspoken about limited government.
"You cannot just decide you want to sell groceries," said Barbara Ferrer, the director of L.A. County Public Health.
Markets are trying to meet spiking demand for face masks, but importers are stymied by the FDA and CDC
The Kentucky Republican took on Donald Trump and Nancy Pelosi to fight against the $2 trillion coronavirus spending package. He's just getting started.
States have so far taken the lead in battling the coronavirus, and there is some merit to this decentralized approach, which fits the original meaning of the Constitution. But it also has flaws, and there is still a good chance the crisis will ultimately lead to an expansion of federal power.
Social distancing and lockdowns today are why deaths from the two pandemics might be comparable.
Global health group supports industry-supported initiative to promote gaming, educate players about COVID-19.
But Oregon grudgingly relents. For now.
DIY manufacturers scramble to reduce shortages, as public health officials send mixed messages about the efficacy of broader use.
Don't the authorities have better things to do with their time right now?
Threatening shops for selling chocolate Easter eggs and mocking people who are actually following the law undermines citizens’ trust.
Though focused on manufacturing and banking, this study sees economic optimism in quick and thorough interventions to keep people isolated.
Social distancing and lockdowns appear to be working to slow the coronavirus pandemic.
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"We have the capacity to keep this contained," Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers on March 2.
They were mocked for sounding the alarm. Now they're the ones providing the solutions.
The county's ban on firearm sales is inconsistent with a new federal advisory as well as the Second Amendment.
From masks to tests, suppression to stimulus, the Reason Roundtable podcast reviews the mistakes that got us to this precarious point.
The coronavirus pandemic has led to less air pollution...unless you count all the germs.
You don't need to plan every minute of their day.
The agency should relax the yearlong deferral period.
The agency concludes that the possible benefits outweigh the risks.
Germany's crude case fatality rate is currently less than 1 percent, compared to 1.8 percent in the U.S., 6.4 percent in the U.K., and 11.4 percent in Italy.
"These uncompensated seizures violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment."
"They always overshoot," Anthony Fauci says. "Generally, the reality is somewhere in the middle."
Its rulers tried to cover up an epidemic, then declared war on their people to control it.
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Patrick Jones, 49, was serving a 27-year sentence for a nonviolent drug crime.
We need to be careful, but we also need people to bring food from fields to our tables
The biggest thing our institutions could do to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation would be to spread less misinformation themselves.
Reason's Ronald Bailey on flattening the curve without killing freedom.
Here is the best way to make sense of constantly changing predictions, says Reason Science Correspondent Ronald Bailey
An idea that could really speed up vaccine development
Trump's anti-China trade advisor, Peter Navarro, is now playing a major role in the White House's coronavirus response. What could go wrong?
A lot of industries and individuals are suffering right now. A select few corporations are getting big bailouts.
The CARES Act plunges the nation into a crash course on experimental economics.—and we're the lab rats.
Takeout and delivery orders are the only thing keeping the state's 115 craft breweries afloat during the coronavirus outbreak.
But he has raised his estimate of the virus's reproduction number, which implies a lower fatality rate than his research group initially assumed.
William Barr: "We want to make sure our institutions don't become petri dishes."
The mandates would be retroactive, potentially punishing businesses for violating rules they did not even know existed.
That's a huge concern as forecasters expect the U.S. unemployment rate in the months to come to surpass that seen during the depths of the Great Depression.
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Reports from USA Today and ProPublica highlight CDC missteps that set back the United States' Covid-19 response.