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One Size Doesn’t Fit All (A Subsidiarity Lesson for Governors)

April 23, 2020 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

by Richard Schulman Governors are basking in the powers they have assumed in response to the COVID-19 (Wuhan virus) pandemic. Deciding whether to keep a state under lock-down comes close to being a life-or-death decision resting in the governors’ hands. But states vary greatly between urban and rural districts, different rates of infection, available medical […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus  Tagged: Friedrich Hayek, subsidiarity

Free trade initiatives prompted by pandemic

April 20, 2020 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

The weekly trade report with LC Free trade initiatives in medical products are being pursued on at least three continents (Europe, Asia, and Australia / New Zealand), and there are signs that trade may become a point of contention in the US 2020 presidential election. EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan, in an April 16th virtual […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: 2020 US presidential campaign, EU Trade Commissioner Hogan, Plurilateral agreements, TPP-11

Africa, Ecuador should repudiate Chinese debt

April 20, 2020 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

by Richard Schulman Ecuador and many countries in Africa are groaning under Chinese debt. They cannot pay this debt back because the world economy has collapsed into severe recession caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lies and delays that turned the local Wuhan virus into a world pandemic. These countries and many others should […]

Filed Under: Debt repudiation  Tagged: Africa, China, Hollywood celebrities, Vietnam, Wuhan lab, Wuhan virus

Attack on 3M resolved, harmful tariffs remain

April 13, 2020 by Richard Schulman 1 Comment

The weekly trade report with L.C. The administration’s attack on 3M two weeks ago has been resolved, but the Trump tariffs on medical imports continue, despite the shortages and unneeded expenses they are occasioning. The administration’s quarrel with 3M was amicably resolved early last week. The famous Minnesota company said in a press release on […]

Filed Under: Trade  Tagged: 3M, FEMA, Sen. Josh Hawley

The conservative attack on originalism

April 12, 2020 by Richard Schulman Leave a Comment

by Richard Schulman One of the clichés surrounding the current Wuhan virus pandemic is that, once over, “the world will never be the same.” As though to make good on that claim in the weeks leading up to Palm Sunday, Passover, and Easter, two prominent conservative legal scholars launched attacks on that conservative holy of […]

Filed Under: Law  

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