Follow the (Economic) Science: Why Lockdowns Were Bad Pandemic Policy

Tags: Free Markets, Health

06/29/2021 Benjamin Powell

“It’s the economic science people need to listen to to figure out if there is a rationale for a type of government regulation during this pandemic, and if so, what that looks like. And, I’ll tell you what it does not look like: lockdowns or any of the policies we got over the past year.”

Recorded in Salem, New Hampshire, on June 17, 2021.

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