COVID-19 Articles
Vaccines and Operation Warp SpeedBy Raymond March on April 22, 2022Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Are EUAs Deregulation or Regulatory Capture?By Raymond March on April 21, 2022Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Coproduction and the Crafting of Cognitive Institutions during the COVID-19 PandemicBy Veeshan Rayamajhee and Pablo PaniaguaJournal article | Published by the Journal of Institutional Economics |
COVID-19's Ratchet EffectWith Raymond March on March 2, 2022Podcast | Freedom Adventure, Ep. 347 |
Vaccine CronyismBy Raymond March on February 21, 2022Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
FDA Continues to Meddle with COVID-19 TreatmentsBy Raymond March on February 10, 2022Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Persistently Poor Rural Counties Experienced Lower Employment Impacts From the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic but Have Higher Cumulative COVID-19 Case RatesBy Elizabeth A. Dobis, Thomas Krumel, and Austin SandersReport | USDA Economic Research Service |
COVID-19's Ratchet Effect is Becoming EndemicBy Raymond March on February 7, 2022Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
New COVID Variant - Same Government BlundersBy Raymond March on January 28, 2022Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
A Polycentric Approach for Pandemic Governance: Nested Externalities and Co-Production ChallengesBy Veeshan Rayamajhee and Pablo PaniaguaJournal article | Published by the Journal of Institutional Economics |
Fumento Misdiagnoses RemdesivirBy Raymond March on September 30, 2021Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
Meatpacking Working Conditions and the Spread of COVID-19By Thomas Krumel and Corey GoodrichWorking Paper | USDA Economic Research Service |
Why Aren’t More Americans Getting Vaccinated?—Blame the FDABy Raymond March on August 10, 2021Op-Ed | Free the People |
Panic Won't Stop the Delta Variant. The Market Will.By Raymond March on July 20, 2021Op-Ed | The National Interest |
The COVID-19 Ratchet Effect is Becoming Clearer, and More ConcerningBy Raymond March on July 2, 2021Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Will the Biden Administration Let a Delta-Variant COVID-19 Crisis Go To Waste?By Raymond March on July 1, 2021Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
COVID-19 Ratchel EffectWith Raymond March on June 14, 2021Podcast | Freedom Adventure, Ep. 228 |
Is Centralization Needed to End the Pandemic?By Veeshan Rayamajhee on June 2, 2021Blog | Polycentricity, Polycentricity Network |
Governing Nested Externalities during a Pandemic: Social Distiancing as a Coproduction ProblemBy Veeshan Rayamajhee, Shikhar Shrestha and Pablo PaniaguaJournal Article | Published by Cosmos + Taxis |
The Deadly Consequences of Delaying the AstraZeneca VaccineBy Raymond March on April 7, 2021Op-Ed | The Washington Times |
Pandemic Causes $1 Billion Revenue Shortfall for North DakotaBy Jeremy Jackson on April 3, 2021Op-Ed | The Bismarck Tribune |
The FDA and the COVID-19: A Political Economy PerspectiveBy Raymond MarchJournal Article | Published by Southern Economic Journal |
Are We Witnessing the Beginning of the COVID-19 Ratchet Effect?By Raymond March on March 22, 2021Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
COVID-19 Government BlundersWith Raymond March on January 30, 2021Podcast | Freedom Adventure, Ep. 152 |
The Burden of QuarantineBy Chloe Spoden on January 8, 2021Student Blog | NDSU PCPE |
Early COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Troubles Add to a Long List of Government Pandemic FailuresBy Raymond March on January 5, 2021Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
New COVID-19 Vaccines, Same Sluggish FDABy Raymond March on December 15, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Flatten the Bureaucracy: Deregulation and Covid-19 TestingBy Raymond MarchJournal Article | Published by The Independent Review |
Public Health Bureaucracies Consolidate Power as Pandemic ContinuesBy Raymond March on October 7, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Economic Miscalculation and the COVID-19 PandemicBy Raymond March on October 1, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
FDA Approves Blood Plasma as COVID-19 TreatmentBy Raymond March on September 10, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Economic Outlook: A forecast of the effect of COVID-19 on North DakotaUpdated August 2020Report | North Dakota Forecast Model |
Is the COVID-19 Pandemic Spreading Affinity for Socialism? It Shouldn'tBy Raymond March on August 18, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Powell Must Choose: Fiscal Restraint or Runaway InflationBy James Caton on August 5, 2020Blog | Sound Money Project, American Institute for Economic Research |
State Mismanagement of COVID-19 Data ContinuesBy Raymond March on July 30, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
COVID-19 and the FDA: Lessons LearnedBy Raymond March (Summer 2020)Article | Newsletter of the Independent Institute |
How to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine FasterBy Raymond March on July 20, 2020Op-Ed | The Hill |
Don't Trust Government to Distribute COVID-19 DrugsBy Raymond March on July 9, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
President Trump's 'Operation Warp Speed' Vaccine Project Might Crash Into Perverse IncentivesBy Raymond March on July 2, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Using Python to Visualize COVID-19 Data at the State and County Level Part IIIBy James Caton on June 25, 2020Blog | Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise |
Are Special Interests Undermining the Quest for a COVID-19 Vaccine?By Raymond March on June 15, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Using Python to Visualize COVID-19 Data at the State and County Level Part I and IIBy James Caton on June 9, 2020Blog | Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise |
Coronavirus Corruption: Bad Incentives and Politics as UsualBy Raymond March on May, 28, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Keep Government Out of Developing a COVID-19 VaccineBy Raymond March on May 27, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Examining the COVID-19 Data: Basic Principles for Interpreting Time Series DataBy James Caton on May 26, 2020Blog | Center for the Study of Public Choice and Private Enterprise |
Visualizations are Powerful, But Often MisleadingBy James Caton on May 23, 2020Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
A Forecast of the Effect of COVID-19 on North Dakota's EconomyWith Jeremy Jackson on May 22, 2020Webinar | Economic Outlook |
More Executive Orders Will Not Fix HealthcareBy Raymond March on May 21, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Most Places are Not New York: A Look Through the COVID-19 DataBy James Caton on May 14, 2020Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
Pandemic Protection and Economic Growth are Complements, Not SubstitutesBy Raymond March on May 6, 2020Column | Spotlight on Economics |
Economic Outlook: A forecast of the effect of COVID-19 on North DakotaReleased May 2020Report | North Dakota Forecast Model |
Beware a Second-Wave Attack on LibertyBy James Caton on May 1, 2020Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
Private Enterprise Continues to Flatten the CurveBy Raymond March on April 28, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Raymond J. March Reviews the FDA's Response to the PandemicWith Raymond March on April 27, 2020Podcast | The Liam McCollum Show, Ep. 17 |
Can Deregulation Help Fight Pandemics Better?: Health Policy Lessons from COVID-19With Raymond March on April 18, 2020Panel | Policy in Pandemic virtual conference |
Economic Prosperity or Pandemic Protection: Why Not Both?By Raymond March on April 15, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Rely on Private Enterprise to "Flatten the Curve"By Raymond March on April 10, 2020Video Interview | Independent Institute |
Cut Regulations and Get COVID-19 Drugs to PatientsBy Raymond March on April 8, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Look to local efforts to flatten the curveBy Raymond March on April 2, 2020Op-Ed | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead |
Make licensure reciprocity permanentBy Jeremy Jackson on March 30, 2020Op-Ed | The Bismarck Tribune |
Free the Entrepreneurs to Deal with the COVID-19 CrisisBy James Caton on March 28, 2020Blog | American Institute for Economic Research |
We need civil discourse, even in an emergencyBy Ryan Yonk on March 26, 2020Op-Ed | The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead |
Trust private enterprise to flatten the curveBy Raymond March on March 26, 2020Op-Ed | The Hill |
Right-to-Try Laws Can Help Drugmakers Combat the CoronavirusBy Raymond March on April 1, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
To Battle Covid-19, Cut Regulation!By Raymond March on March 25, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
Favor Local Action to Combat the CoronavirusBy Raymond March on March 19, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
FDA Acknowledges Coronavirus Causing More Drug ShortagesBy Raymond March on March 6, 2020Blog | The Beacon, Independent Institute |
The Coronavirus Reveals the Limits of Monetary PolicyBy James Caton on March 2, 2020Blog | Sound Money Project, American Institute for Economic Research |