When Politicians Panicked: The New Coronavirus, Expert Opinion, and a Tragic Lapse of Reason

Tags: Big Government, Economic Freedom

08/21/2021 John Tamny

John Tamny chronicles the profound ignorance and malfeasance of policymakers at all levels during 2020. Does the varied response to the virus, across nations and among US states, show the path to a far more decentralized political future? Or will covid usher in the Great Reset, an attempt to create top-down rule by elites?

Includes a question-and-answer period. Recorded in Colorado Springs on August 21, 2021. Special thanks to William Brennan for sponsoring this event.

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