Friday Links

Posted on by John C. Goodman

From the Committee to Unleash Prosperity: “Why is the U.S. government spending $1.7 billion purchasing 20 million covid vaccine doses for kids?” and “Gavin Newsom Admits He Was Wrong, Wrong, Wrong on COVID Lockdowns.”

A scholarly argument for e-cigs.

CTUP Question: How can Washington spend $1.2 trillion ($9,000 per American household) on anti-poverty programs and yet still have nearly 40 million people in poverty?

Opioid update: The 300 counties that received the most doses of prescription pain pills from 2006 to 2013 later had the highest death rate from illicit opioids.

Peter Coy reviews the Cato book, “Superabundance.”

US per capita income growth rate for the past 150 years: remarkably steady at 2%.

Nearly half of adults under 30 do not have a primary care doctor.

1 thought on “Friday Links”

  1. The article on poverty notes that $1.2 trillion is about $9,000 per household.

    A more relevant number is probably how much per person in poverty. And that number is roughly $30,000. Check my arithmetic.

    That number clarifies where the money is not going. And where it is going.

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