Source: Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Connor O’Keeffe
“Even when the pandemic is brought up and re-examined, the focus is usually on the necessity and nature of the government measures put in place to control the spread of the virus or the public’s level of compliance. That is, to be sure, a worthwhile debate. But the government’s economic response is often left out, which can give the impression that — as controversial as the lockdowns or vaccine mandates might have been — the quick and extensive mobilization of the government’s considerable fiscal and monetary powers was one uncontroversial success story of the covid years. It wasn’t, and the lack of controversy surrounding it is disturbing.” (10/22/25)
https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-have-not-properly-reckoned-economic-insanity-2020